In close collaboration with the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) and the United Nations Environment Programme – International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP), the BfN successfully held a workshop to connect young researchers, working on ecosystem-based approaches from China and Germany. Besides discussing the  research base of ecosystem-based approaches, the participants also developed concrete recommendations to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration, especially between German and Chinese researchers and identified important research gaps that should be addressed to advance the concept of ecosystem-based approaches for climate and biodiversity. These gaps were e.g. related to: a limited understanding of ecosystem response and adaptation to climate change, the lack of innovative policy instruments to mainstream ecosystem-based approaches under different institutional frameworks, the understanding of how to effectively engage society and the private sector, lacking data on ecosystem-based approaches application at the regional and landscape level, and the lacking collaboration among non-state actors and different disciplines in their implementation. As a key outcome, a briefing note will be developed based on the workshop discussions and submitted to identified decision makers.