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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.
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.
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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Gdańsk, Poland

Don’t sleep, or you will be outvoted

A viral call to action
City of Unley, Australia

Co-housing for Ageing Well

A collaborative housing model to assist older people to stay living in their communities.
Preparing the Monrovia Slum Upgrading Initiative
Monrovia, Liberia

Preparing the Monrovia Slum Upgrading Initiative

Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy initiates upgrading of five slums in Monrovia among its strategic priorities for poverty reduction
Seoul , South Korea

"I Will Centers" - Internet addiction prevention & intervention centers for children and youths

The goal of this initiative is to create Seoul as a healthy and safe area for children and adolescents in terms of internet use.
Cape Town, South Africa

Building Resilient Food Systems in Cape Town

Collaborative governance pathways
European Metropolis of Lille, France

La Lainière Project House

La Lainière Project House demonstrates the cradle-to-cradle (C2C) philosophy in action.

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Ahmedabad, India

Prasanth

Individual | Researcher
Guillermo Tella
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Guillermo Tella

Individual | Arquitecto y Doctor en Urbanismo
Jan Erasmus
Johannesburg, South Africa

Jan Erasmus

Individual | Strategy & International Relations
Berlin, Germany

Michael Färber

Individual | Officer Berlin Energy and Climate Protection Programme
Bogotá, Colombia

Melissa Zamora Pardo

Individual | Political Scientist
Maria Lucia Camargo
São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Lucia Camargo

Individual | Economist