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Wiener Wäldchen: Mini Forests for Urban Climate Adaptation

Wiener Wäldchen: Mini Forests for Urban Climate Adaptation

Vienna is planting small, dense mini forests on underused green spaces to strengthen biodiversity, support climate adaptation and bring urban nature closer to children and residents.
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Vienna’s mini forests join USE as a new climate adaptation case study

Vienna’s mini forests join USE as a new climate adaptation case study

A new USE case study shows how Vienna is using small, dense urban forests to support biodiversity, local cooling and environmental education.
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USE puts urban climate adaptation in focus as Europe faces extreme heat

USE puts urban climate adaptation in focus as Europe faces extreme heat

Over the next six months, USE will examine how cities can prepare for growing climate risks.
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The City of Copenhagen's Bicycle Strategy
Copenhagen, Denmark

The City of Copenhagen's Bicycle Strategy

Sustainable cities of the future will be ones where transport options other than fossil-fuel powered private vehicles are the norm. Bike-friendly Copenhagen is leading the way, as this case study explores.
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Dortmund, Germany

Sustainable Food Strategy

A shift to climate-friendly nutrition starts with children’s lunches
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Graffiti District
Bogotá, Colombia

Graffiti District

A strategy for responsible urban art
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Yiwu, China

One-stop model for provision of municipal services

An initiative to assist businesspeople navigating life in Yiwu.
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Auld but not Reekie – transforming transport energy use in Edinburgh

Edinburgh's municipal bus company, Lothian Buses, is going a long way to combat this image with ‘Auld but not Reekie’, an initiative that by the end of 2014 will see 65 hybrid buses in service and 45 buses retrofitted with low emissions exhausts.
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Industrial Forest Project Ruhr Area
Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Industrial Forest Project Ruhr Area

Urban regeneration of industrial sites to improve nature conservation and socio-cultural integration.
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Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Kirstine Alsing

Individual | Administrative Assistant for Programmes Metropolis
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Katherine Waterford Cultural Quarter
Waterford, Ireland

Katherine Waterford Cultural Quarter

Institution | Bringing about urban regeneration through the lens of culture.
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Werner Jann

Individual | Public Administration and Public Policy
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Berlin, Germany

Chloe Lula

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Marta Buces
Brussels, Belgium

Marta Buces

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