NbS for improving Well-being in Urban Areas
URBANFLUXES: Heat produced in our cities is affecting human mortality
Cities are much warmer than their surroundings. Urban structures absorb and trap more solar and thermal radiation than soils or vegetation and that causes an increase in the urban temperature. Moreover, many human activities add heat to the urban climate. The heating and the cooling of buildings, the traffic, various industrial activities and our own human metabolism release energy in the form of heat, called anthropogenic heat.
Webinar: "Nature- based solutions: Pandora's box or reconciling concept?"
EKLIPSE - BiodivERsA Webinar, 4th of October 2017
"Nature-based Solutions:
Pandora box or reconciling concept?"
More information:
www.eklipse-mechanism.eu
www.biodiversa.org
Championing nature-based solutions
Find out about the importance of nature-based solutions in tackling one of humanity's greatest challenges.
ThinkNature Project on Nature-based Solutions
The ThinkNature project animation explains what Nature-based Solutions (NBS) are and how the ThinkNature Project and Platform aim to use this NBS as a better instrument to overcome development challenges and needs. Nature-based Solutions are an important topic on the EU Research and Innovation policy agenda. The ThinkNature project is part of Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and has received funding under grant agreement No 730338.