Activated cities through Nature-Based Solutions (ACT on NBS)
Innovative ways to make cities more adaptive to climate change
Location
Europe
Aim
The ACTonNBS Initiative is designed to increase Nature Based Solutions (NBS) uptake. We also have the challenge to establish a growing and sustainable innovation ecosystem. In this system we bring together cities, researchers and experts to support innovative scale up of NBS in cities, countries and internationally.
Challenge
Lack of capacities, knowledge and network to tackle societal challenges in European cities and regions.
Solution
Cities and regions are looking for systemic solutions to cope with the immense challenge of the far-reaching impacts and consequences of climate change. Whether events can spell disaster for cities and the inhabitants in them. To help tackle this immense challenge EIT Climate-KIC as set up the innovation system Nature-Based City Initiative.
The project identifies challenges in its city/regional network and builds capacities that enable stakehodlers to develop Nature-Based Solutions projects that tackle climate related challenges such as extreme heat and flooding.
Status
Ongoing
Project Information
Start date: April 2019
End date: December 2020
Funder: EIT Climate KIC, MAVA Foundation
Website: https://naturebasedcity.climate-kic.org
Partners
- Resilience Brokers
- TU Delft
- Deltares
- Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation
- Wageningen University & Research
- Technical University of Madrid
- University of Bologna
- Cyprus Energy Agency
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