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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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4°C Cooler – Using green infrastructure to build a climate resilient Melbourneicons_use
Melbourne , Australia

4°C Cooler – Using green infrastructure to build a climate resilient Melbourne

In 2010 the city of Melbourne appointed a new Urban Landscape Team to produce a Green Infrastructure Program to cope with a difficult future climate and maintain its economic prosperity and liveability.
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BibloRed
Bogotá, Colombia

BibloRed

The Public Libraries of Bogotá District Network
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Improving the Quality of Life in a Disadvantaged Neighbourhood
Ankara, Turkey

Improving the Quality of Life in a Disadvantaged Neighbourhood

This project aims to achieve social inclusion through civic engagement, cultural vitality, gender equity, and poverty reduction
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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.
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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.
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Cost sharing and multi level collaboration for social inclusion : Rusken
Oslo, Norway

Cost sharing and multi level collaboration for social inclusion : Rusken

Oslo like every city maintains and cleans its public green spaces as part of its greening activities. At the same time the city is providing vulnerable people with inclusive employment opportunities through two programmes.
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Alejandra Alejandra Trejo Nieto
Mexico City, Mexico

Alejandra Alejandra Trejo Nieto

Individual | Professor and researcher
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Cordoba, Argentina

Patricia Morla

Individual | Concejal
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Mónica Solórzano
Mexico City, Mexico

Mónica Solórzano

Individual | FLACMA, Technical Director
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Medellín, Colombia

Andrés Fernandez

Individual | Public Relationship
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Guangzhou, China

Choyce LEE

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Rosa Quintana
Montevideo, Uruguay

Rosa Quintana

Individual | Coordinación Ejecutiva
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