On June 4-6, 2024, the 16th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference (NESS 2024) will be...
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CLEVER Cities Project Wraps Up 5-Year Initiative, Marking Milestones in Urban Regeneration
6 December 2023
The CLEVER Cities project concludes after an impressive 5-year initiative that has set significant milestones in urban regeneration. It leaves behind successful achievements and a path for transformative urban regeneration that others can follow
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30 November 2023
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29 November 2023
The first of December is the last chance to submit session proposals for the 2024 Nature of Cities...
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24 November 2023
500 million.
This is a (very rough) estimate of the number of comics (of all kinds) read...
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28 September 2023
The five-year CLEVER Cities project concluded with a final conference in Hamburg in September...
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23 August 2023
When we protect nature, precious resources and ecosystems are preserved so that citizens can...
It is in our nature to network – we will expand the wider NBS community and support you in implementing and amplifying your nature-based solutions.
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SUPERB Forest Restoration Talk: Unveiling the Future of Christmas Trees in the Era of Climate Change
Wednesday, 13 December 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
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Breaking ground together: Solutions for urban and post-industrial soil de-sealing
Thursday, 14 December 2023 - 10:00 to 12:00
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Nature-based Solutions workshop: 'Embracing Nature's Wisdom: An introduction to Nature-based Solutions from a youth perspective'
Thursday, 14 December 2023 - 18:00 to 19:00
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People and Planet Conference: From theory to solutions
Tuesday, 13 February 2024 - 16:45 to Thursday, 15 February 2024 - 16:45
Lahti
Nature-based solutions and standards
The fourth NetworkNature semester is nature-based Solutions and education. The semester explored creative ways of presenting NbS for a wider audience.
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The aim was to deliver sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) measures on school sites in order to reduce local flood risk, provide benefits for participating schools and educate the pupils and wider...
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In 2010, WWF-Brazil, Banco do Brasil, the National Water Agency, and Fundação Banco do Brasil joined forces for the Água Brasil Programme. The aim of the project was to increase forest restoration...
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Use of vegetation in urban areas in the Mid-Atlantic watersheds of Washington DC, Montgomery County and Baltimore County MD, has reduced flooding and nutrient runoff. The ‘stormwater green...
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Nature-based solutions (NBS) are inspired and supported by nature, they are cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience; such solutions bring more, and more diverse, nature and natural features and processes into cities, landscapes...
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The CLEVER Regional Solutions Catalogue seeks to elevate the role of nature-based solutions (NbS)
across the urban landscape. It aims to inspire uptake and continued energy for implementing Nature-based Solutions that meet the varied needs and requirements of modern cities.
Find out more about the EU and nature-based solutions on the European Commission website and via European Research Executive Agency.
