Climate change, vulnerability and risk in urban areas

Resource type: 
Research
EU project stamp: 
No
Main entity: 
TECNALIA
Type of entity: 
Research centre/University
Funding: 
EU Horizon 2020
Key themes: 
Cities
Climate change
Societal challenges: 
Climate Resilience
Scope: 
Global
Description: 

The renaturing of cities through an increased emphasis on the use of Nature-based solutions (NbS) offers urban areas the opportunity to deliver multiple environmental and socio-economic benefits. In particular, approaches linked to NbS can limit the impact of climate change on vulnerable cities. In order to use NbS successfully to reduce and mitigate 1 IPPC AR5 Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability climate change, the existing environmental risk needs to be evaluated.

Date: 
2021
Language: 
EN