UrbanByNature is a facilitated capacity-building programme for nature-based solutions (NbS) that connects cities, researchers, SMEs, and NGOs across Europe, Asia, Latin America, and beyond. Our network of hubs fosters collaboration, knowledge exchange, and the implementation of NbS, empowering communities to advance sustainability and resilience.
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H2020 NICE Project
NICE uses nature-based solutions (NbS) to transform concrete jungles. NICE will analyse, test, implement, compare and monitor NbS to reduce water pollution and run-off to create a circular urban water system.
CitiesWithNature
CitiesWithNature is a unique initiative led by ICLEI's Cities Biodiversity Center, the Nature Conservancy and IUCN that recognises and enhances the value of nature in and around cities across the world. The platform hosts the UrbanByNature programme on its YouTube account.
ICLEI Europe Secretariat
ICLEI Europe
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, founded in 1990 as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, is the world’s leading network of local and regional governments committed to sustainable development. Since 1992 the ICLEI European Secretariat has been closely working with ICLEI network cities in Europe, the Middle East and West Asia, other European networks, the European Commission, the Committee of the Regions, and many others. The ICLEI European Secretariat works with its over 100 in-house sustainability and communications professionals from its offices in Freiburg (DE), Berlin (DE) and Brussels (BE).
UPSURGE
UPSURGE bridges the gap between the existing knowledge base on Nature Based Solutions and their step-by-step practical implementation for regenerative development of cities focusing on air pollution alleviation and climate neutrality. Our main aim is to reroute cities and fast forward their regenerative transition benefiting from the potential of Nature Based Solutions (NBS). UPSURGE is the response to the challenges faced by cities in their efforts to decrease the impacts of urban existence on climate change, mitigate air pollution and its health effects and reduce climate change stressors . The project will provide fit for problem NBS together with supportive digital, and governance solutions for urban space regeneration deployed and tested in 5 real life demo cities in Europe.
CLEVER Cities was a five-year, €15 million project funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme to promote sustainable and socially inclusive urban regeneration in cities across Europe, South America and China. Based on an innovative community-driven approach, the project involved local governments, citizens, businesses, knowledge partners and district level stakeholders in identifying and implementing urban interventions that harness nature's unique potential to address development challenges.
Connecting Nature was a five-year, €11.4 million project funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Innovation Action Programme. It involved 30 project partners from industry, local authorities, local communities, NGOs and research in 16 countries, with hubs in Brazil, China, Korea and the Caucasus (Georgia and Armenia). The aim was to position Europe as a global leader in innovation and implementation of nature-based solutions by the end of the project.
The UrbanByNature programme is funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under Grant Agreements No. 730222 and No. 776604. It has received funding for an update by the Horizon Europe Programme under the Grant Agreement No 101003818. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies within UrbanByNature and in no way reflects the views of the European Union.