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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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"Prepare before it’s too late": learn to live with earthquakesicons_use
Kocaeli (Province), Turkey

"Prepare before it’s too late": learn to live with earthquakes

After the Marmara earthquake in 1999, the City of Kocaeli decided that living with risk cannot be business as usual. The city is using risk mapping to revisit its development priorities. Moreover, the city is engaging the community in innovative public awareness efforts.
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Shared Bicycle System of Bogotá D.C.
Bogotá, Colombia

Shared Bicycle System of Bogotá D.C.

Promoting accessibility, equity, and inclusion.
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Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon Local Development Strategy for Priority Intervention Areas

This City of Lisbon strategy supports local projects and municipal partnerships that improve the social and territorial cohesion of deprived neighbourhoods.
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Improving safety, mobility and access for women and girls.
Lisbon, Portugal

Improving safety, mobility and access for women and girls.

How better urban planning can improve gender equality.
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Bogota Best Practice program
Bogotá, Colombia

Bogota Best Practice program

Bogota creates International knowledge exchange opportunities for successful policymaking.
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ENCICLA - sustainable mobility program
Valle de Aburrá, Colombia

ENCICLA - sustainable mobility program

EnCicla is a public bicycle system providing sustainable mobility to the residents of the Valley of Aburrá.
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UCLG Committee on Culture
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

UCLG Committee on Culture

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Alejandra Rivera

Alejandra Rivera

Individual | Built Environment Global Programme Manager
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World Urban Campaign
Nairobi, Kenya

World Urban Campaign

Institution | Urban advocacy initiative
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Berlin, Germany

Friedemann Walther

Individual | Head of the Division for Active Citizenship and Democracy Support, Senate Chancellery of the federal state of Berlin
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Manchester, United Kingdom

Rachel Morrison

Individual | Senior Nature Based Solutions Advisor
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Urban Future.
Graz, Austria

Urban Future.

Institution | Europe's leading event to make cities sustainable
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