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European cities showcase what urban ecosystem restoration means in practice

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7 June 2021

This article originally appeared on ICLEI Europe, republished with permission.

This World Environment Day (5 June) marks the official launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), a global movement initiated by the UN General Assembly to help halt and reverse the...

EU Green Week - Local Pollution - Nature-based Solutions to the Rescue!

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4 June 2021

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Urban Planning and Health

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26 May 2021

May 2021 marked the launch of an Urban Health cluster Healthy Cities , by URBACT the European Territorial Cooperation programme, which has for the past 15 years championed sustainable integrated development in European Cities. The Healthy Cities action planning network aims to develop and...

We're part of the solution - Biodiversity Day 2021!

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20 May 2021

The United Nations has dedicated May 22nd each year as The International Day for Biological Diversity , to increase awareness and understanding of biodiversity. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has set the theme for Biodiversity Day 2021 as “ We’re part of the...

New Handbook for Implementation of Nature-based Solutions for Water Security

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11 May 2021

The EU-funded Nature Insurance Value: Assessment and Demonstration project (NAIAD) has developed a Handbook for Implementation of Nature-based Solutions for Water Security .

Climate impacts challenge our status quo. The frequency of extreme events keeps increasing driven by climate...

The importance of therapeutic gardens within the urban tissue

Opinion

10 May 2021

The concept of therapeutic or healing gardens is both modern and ancient. Ancient Egyptian, Persian and Greek gardens were all considered healing environments and all of them had well established guidelines in relation with the knowledge of that time and, most important, people were aware of...

What is the impact of nature-based solutions?

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5 May 2021

There is a multitude of innovative nature-based solutions (NbS) projects and initiatives, garnering great benefits to their surroundings in Europe. Under the NetworkNature coordinated European Commission NbS Task Force 2: Nature-based Solutions Impact Evaluation Framework , experts from these...

New European Commission Carbon Farming Initiative

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4 May 2021

New European Commission Carbon Farming Initiative

On the 27th of April 2021, the European Commission published a ‘ Technical Guidance Handbook: Setting up and implementing results-based carbon farming mechanisms in the EU ’ This guide is the result of a two-year study on how best to set...

Mental Health and Nature –How urban and peri-urban Blue & Green areas contribute to our well-being

Opinion

29 April 2021

The benefits of urban green and blue areas for our mental health and well-being have become more and more evident during the current pandemic. Despite their importance, however, we don’t have enough information about how these areas should be designed. Do different types of urban green...

Nature-based solutions in Europe: Policy, knowledge and practice for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

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15 April 2021

The European Environment Agency presents a new report that gives valuable insights in how working with nature can help prevent the worst impacts of climate change, and biodiversity and ecosystem loss. Nature-based solutions offer multiple ways to do this. Science and policy have begun to...