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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.
That's a wrap on 2025!

That's a wrap on 2025!

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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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Gender Mainstreaming in City Development
Berlin, Germany

Gender Mainstreaming in City Development

The program considers the needs of the different lifestyles existent in a city when planning urban development and building projects.
Institutional capacity building for the metropolitan management in Colima
Colima, Mexico

Institutional capacity building for the metropolitan management in Colima

This project helped implement a strategic plan for reducing fragmentation and spatial disparities, and increasing local capacity building
La Taula per a la Millora Urbana – TxMU
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

La Taula per a la Millora Urbana – TxMU

The project improves living conditions for inhabitants affected in those urban areas requiring special attention.
Fair School Food
Berlin, Germany

Fair School Food

The City of Berlin is Including fair trade products in elementary school lunches
Oderberger Street: participative renewal of a historically grown street environment
Berlin, Germany

Oderberger Street: participative renewal of a historically grown street environment

The main challenge of this project was to implement a concept of street renewal respecting the historically grown character of Oderberger Street and conserve the unique identification the residents have, while still satisfying needs of a modern urban environment.
VicHealth Food for All Program
Melbourne , Australia

VicHealth Food for All Program

Five year Food for All program involved nine Victorian Municipalities taking a lead to address food insecurity.

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Mexico City, Mexico

Oviedo Octavio

Institution | Director
Madrid, Spain

Carrillo Ana

Individual | Communication Service Manager
Berlin, Germany

Dorlies Radike-Thiel

Individual | EU Advisor Vocational Training
Istanbul, Turkey

NİZAMETTİN MANGIR

Individual | Environmental Engineer
Montréal, Canada

Thibaut Temmerman

Individual | Research officer
Zahra Zahra
Shiraz, Iran

Zahra Zahra

Individual | Landscape Architect