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Learn about a decision-making tool to support cities implementing decentralised NbS for water treatment

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10 September 2024

NICE-R, a free, open source user-tailored tool to explore the potential of NbS for treating different types of wastewater in cities, rural and peri-urban areas

Urban and rural regions face a moment of difficulty related to water pollution and lack of means to access clean water...

NBS library developed by INTERLACE for the SketchUp 3D Warehouse

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5 September 2024

Developing the use of NBS in urban public spaces requires urban design practices to evolve. Planners and designers are increasingly aware of and informed about the challenges of climate change, but the use of NBS still comes up against practical barriers. Although there is now a great deal of...

Invitation: Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

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3 September 2024

Invitation to public European scientific and research organisations to nominate outstanding scientists for membership of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

This month, the European Commission launched a call for nominations of scientists to be shortlisted for future membership of...

Program Teaser: European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns (ESCT)

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2 September 2024

With the City of Aalborg as host, the ICLEI European Secretariat is once again organising the European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns (ESCT) - and this year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of this event!

Aalborg | Denmark | 1-3 October 2024

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UNP+ Cities Questionnaire: Capacity Building Needs for Urban Nature Plans – Survey Deadline extended until 15th September

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29 August 2024

Are you a representative of a City or Municipal authority in Europe? If so we want to hear from you !

To maximise the impact and spread of Nature-based Solutions (NbS), the ‘Urban Nature Plans +’ project developed a science-based survey and invites you to evaluate capacity building...

TF 4 Digest: September

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28 August 2024

The NetworkNature Task Force 4 (Communicators) is pleased to provide you with a summary of upcoming events and opportunities announced by Horizon 2020/Europe projects and select Missions. This Task Force is responsible for synergizing and enhancing communication approaches and messages across...

NetworkNature Reads The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature

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20 August 2024

#NetworkNatureReads is inspired by #ReadingRainbow and the #NewYorkTimes #ByTheBook series, both of which spread a love of reading by highlighting standout books and the people who love them. Our goal is to do the same, but with a #naturebasedsolutions flavor. Every month, we will feature one...

Nature-based solutions breathing LIFE into our urban environments

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19 August 2024

From parks to street trees, studies show the healing power of urban greening. The New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative is driving a green evolution of our cityscapes, and a series of LIFE projects are putting nature first in greening our cities.

What do Zagreb, Ljubljana and Helsinki...

NbS Comics 2024: Nature to Save the World—The New Series of Comics is Here!

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10 August 2024

'The Nature of Cities is excited to announce the launch of its new NbS Comics series for 2024: NbS Comics Nature to Save the World. This new edition features a collection of fantastic stories from comic creators from around the globe to combine science and storytelling, to re-imagining how...

NetworkNature TF 4 Digest: August

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31 July 2024