- Report
NetworkNature Annual Event Report: Upscaling nature-based solutions in policy and practice
This report was produced by NetworkNature to summarise the main outcomes of the NetworkNature Annual Event "Upscaling nature-based solutions in policy and practice", which took place on 27th September in Brussels. The event provided the opportunity to learn more about the state-of-the-
- Paper
How opportunistic mobile monitoring can enhance air quality assessment?
The deteriorating air quality in urban areas, particularly in developing countries, has led to increased attention being paid to the issue. Daily reports of air pollution are essential to effectively manage public health risks. Pollution estimation has become crucial to expanding spatial and
- Empty
- Dataset
Resource List: Criteria and Requirements for High-Quality Nature-based Solutions
This review includes a list of selected resources that discuss the criteria and the requirements of high-quality nature-based solutions (NbS). The list consists of resources that offer a comprehensive approach to NbS quality considerations and documents that focus on specific aspects of NbS quality
- Empty
Natural environments, psychosocial health, and health behaviors in a crisis – A scoping review of the literature in the COVID-19 context
The COVID-19 outbreak led to major restrictions globally, affecting people’s psychosocial health and their health behaviors. Thus, the purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the available research regarding nature and health in the COVID-19 context. Overall, the findings indicate that
- Document
Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series - Monitoring of socio-environmental services of urban green spaces
In recent years, the City of Barcelona has demonstrated its intention of increasing and improving greenery and biodiversity at the service of citizens through a series of policies, plans, measures, and other initiatives. In this pilot, the social and environmental services provided by urban green
- Document
The importance of protecting human health in the EU climate policies
As anthropogenic climate change continues to escalate, its detrimental efects on human health are becoming pronounced, demanding urgent transformative actions from European policymakers. This policy brief underscores the importance of protecting human health in the EU climate change policies. As
- Document
- Guidance
- Product
- Web platform
Transform your street!
Youth voices need a platform to express their views on questions impacting their daily lives. Focusing on mobility and public space in cities, this campaign includes a creative competition in which young people can reimagine the design of a local street through the creation of collages and visual
- Document
- Document
- Guidance
CONEXUS key learning factsheet series - Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for valuing NbS in CONEXUS pilot projects
This factsheet summarizes the results of a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) undertaken to evaluate the Social Return on Investment (SRI) through the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of three CONEXUS pilot projects: the Urban Allotment Network (Barcelona, Spain), Francia Street
- Training
- Video
INTERLACE MOOC on Nature-based Solutions: (6) MONITORING and evaluating NbS using a co-creation approach
Urban areas across the globe are facing unprecedented challenges—pollution, climate change, urban sprawl—and traditional solutions are falling short. The INTERLACE project’s Massive Open Online Course showcases how nature-based solutions offer a promising approach to help create resilient,
- Empty
Nature-based Placemaking in High-Density Cities
Ecostack Innovations has just released a new publication with recommendations for Nature-Based Placemaking in High-Density Cities. Through this document, they are sharing some of the learning experiences from the implementation of nature-based placemaking in high-density cities based on our work
- Document
The ARCHI method: a tool for diagnosing the vitality of trees
ARCHI method is focused on the architecture of a tree, as a real biological signature of its vitality, that must constantly be evaluated with different physiological states
- Document
Conexus key learning factsheet series - Nature-based Solutions in Latin American and European countries: Trends and perspectives
The conceptual development and practical implementation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) has rapidly advanced in the European Union (EU) and Latin American (CELAC) cities. A 2000-2020 literature review on NbS and related concepts shows advances, gaps, and insights, generating a valuable reference on
- Software
- Training
- Video
PhusicosVR - NbS demonstrators in Virtual Reality
The H2020 project PHUSICOS focused on demonstration sites for NbS implementations to reduce hydrometrological risks in rural environments. These implementations are difficult enough to envision for professionals familiar with them, such as landscape architects and infrastructure engineers, but for
- Empty
CAPACITY-BUILDING MATERIALS AND EDUCATIONAL PACK IN LOCAL LANGUAGES
A set of capacity building materials has been produced to raise awareness and understanding of the definition of nature-based solutions adopted by the UN Environment Assembly in 2022. Materials include infographics that contain the full meaning of the definition and a video that introduces
- Document
- Report
INTERLACE report on implemented engagement programmes
The INTERLACE project has been proactive in targeting citizens as part of its objective to increase public awareness and understanding of urban ecosystem restoration and the importance of nature in cities more generally. This objective has been delivered via a Citizen Engagement Programme, which
- Document
Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series - Urban Agriculture Observatory: Social and Ecosystem services
The Urban Agriculture Observatory is a partnership aiming to establish a database of environmental and social aspects of urban allotments and their benefits. Based on the database, a public web platform is created to share collected data and bring urban agriculture closer to citizens. It is
- Product
NbS Hubs site visits Posters
During spring 2024, Hubs organised local site visits in their regions for a wide range of stakeholders. 10 NbS hubs represented their experiences of the site visit to a local NbS in a poster. These posters summarise the main outcomes from these site visit, including a short description of the NbS
- Document
The URBES project - European URban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
This animated movie entitled “What’s the role of nature? Scientists at the URBES project inspire sustainable urban planning for people and nature” shows the results of the ‘Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (URBES) research project funded by BiodivERsA. It presents the key research
- ‹ previous
- 2 of 20
- next ›