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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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That's a wrap on 2025!

That's a wrap on 2025!

700+ citymakers, 440+ cities, one shared mission.
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Closing the Digital Divide

Closing the Digital Divide

An interview with citizen participation expert Adrià Duarte (UCLG), exploring how cities can use digital tools to strengthen local democracy, and put human rights at the centre of digital transformation.
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Global State of Democracy 2025

Global State of Democracy 2025

Democracy on the move
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The Rotterdam Businesscase (De Rotterdamse Zaak)icons_use
Rotterdam, Netherlands

The Rotterdam Businesscase (De Rotterdamse Zaak)

De Rotterdamse Zaak is a work-based learning company in which both students and senior entrepreneurs support and consult entrepreneurs in marginal economic areas to improve their economical independence.
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Department of St. Louis, Senegal, Senegal

Securing the future of Mangroves

Inter-municipal approach for the protection and enhancement of the Mangrove ecosystem
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Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy

ToNite

An integrated and community-based approach to address urban security
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Quito, Ecuador

Eco Efficiency policy

Building a sustainable city around the existing public transport system
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Leeds, United Kingdom

Overlooked

Breaking down barriers by empowering young volunteers
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Mind TalkTalk Bus
Daejeon Metropolitan City, South Korea

Mind TalkTalk Bus

A mobile mental health service
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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ted van der Klaauw

Institution | Lecturer
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Zagreb, Croatia

Vesna Helfrih

Individual | LL.B
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Olimpia Pantelimon
Edmonton, Canada

Olimpia Pantelimon

Individual | Urban Planner / Urbaniste
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Albert Rojas
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Albert Rojas

Individual | Promoter of community and eco-social transformation projects
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Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sruti Modekurty

Individual
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Michal Derhy-Vieman
Haifa, Israel

Michal Derhy-Vieman

Individual | Founder of "MELACH" - A custom designed urban experience studio, and a product designer.
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