Addressing Climate Change in Cities: Order your free copy of the publications

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Date: 14 October 2020
Location: Berlin, Germany

The two publications Catalogue of urban nature-based solutions and Policy instruments to promote urban nature-based solutions form the "Addressing Climate Change in Cities" series. Designed to support planners, designers, landscape architects as well as policymakers, city officials and local activists these two books offer a comprehensive introduction to the world of urban nature-based solutions (NBS).

Catalogue of urban nature-based solutions

Illustrated with real-life application examples and detailed technical drawings, the Catalogue of urban nature-based solutions introduces multifunctional NBS that can be implemented in cities to deliver climate mitigation and address a variety of urban challenges. The publication includes ten case studies of complex nature-based solutions applications which show how NBS can be combined together to create systemic solutions that address multiple urban challenges in parallel – at sites as small as a playground or as large as an entire city.

Download: Addressing Climate Change in Cities – Catalogue of Urban Nature-based Solutions [pdf, 9.2MB, English]

Policy instruments to promote urban nature-based solutions

The publication Policy instruments to promote urban nature-based solutions highlights a range of policy and supporting instruments such as regulations, strategies and financial incentives relevant for NBS design, implementation and maintenance. Case studies from Germany and Europe illustrate how different cities approach NBS and foster their integration into their policy frameworks.

Download: Addressing Climate Change in Cities – Policy Instruments to Promote Urban Nature-based Solutions [pdf, 18.2 MB, English]

Order your free hard copy

It is now possible to order a free hard copy of each of the publications for your institutional or personal library, using the order form. Please note that we can only guarantee a limited amount of free deliveries inside the EU (on a first come, first serve basis). If your order cannot be shipped, we will inform you as soon as possible. Unfortunately we are unable to ship outside of the EU. Please note, the orders may take several weeks to ship: you should receive your order by mid-December 2020 at the latest. Both publications can be downloaded for free in PDF format (link below).

The publications have been produced as part of the "Climate NBS Poland" project supported by the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Ministry of Environment. The project aims to increase the understanding, acceptance and uptake of multifunctional NBS as a cost-effective urban climate mitigation and climate protection measure.

Filled with real-life case studies, these two publications aim to inspire planners and policymakers to address climate change in cities using nature-based solutions.

Policy Instruments to Promote Urban Nature-based Solutions in Europe

18 December 2020
McKenna Davis

Presentation:Speech

With around 75% of EU population living in urban areas, cites will play a key role in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing vulnerability to impacts of climate change and building resilience. Multifunctional nature-based solutions can be a powerful tool to jointly address climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas. A number of innovative pilot projects introduced in Berlin in the last 20 years were able to demonstrate in practice how cities can save energy, cool down buildings, reduce urban heat island effect and sequester and store carbon by working with natural climate solutions.

Good Practices from Germany as an Inspiration for Polish Local-governments

27 October 2020
Ewa Iwaszuk

Publication:Report

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are solutions that are inspired and supported by nature. They can be used in urban settings to complement or replace "traditional" or "grey" solutions to social and environmental challenges, such as air pollution, the heat island effect, water scarcity, flooding, loss of nature and lack of social cohesion. This guidance document highlights a range of policy and supporting instruments relevant for NBS design, implementation and maintenance.

Addressing Climate Change in Cities – Policy Instruments to Promote Urban Nature-based Solutions

Year 2020

Event:Visitors Program

A group of polish local government experts, landscape planners, architects and engineers participated in a study tour on nature-based solutions in Berlin on 25 and 26 August 2020, which was part of the EUKI project "Climate NBS Poland". Nature-based solutions (NBS) can be implemented in urban settings to deliver a suite of services to address climate change, such as reduce demand for heating and cooling, stormwater management, microclimate regulation but also support human health and recreation. Thanks to their multi-functionality and sustainability NBS are increasingly applied as measures to address climate change in cities – in Berlin, a number of innovative NBS projects have been implemented in Berlin already since the 1990s to address such challenges.

Addressing Climate Change in Cities: Berlin study tour for Polish NBS and local government experts

25 - 26 August 2020
Berlin, Germany

Publication:Book

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are solutions that are inspired and supported by nature. They can be used in urban settings to complement or replace "traditional" or "grey" solutions to perform functions, such as thermal insulation and stormwater retention and filtration. Focusing on addressing climate change, this catalogue presents a wide selection of NBS that exemplify high climate mitigation potential and applicability across a range of urban contexts.

Addressing Climate Change in Cities – Catalogue of urban nature-based solutions

Year 2019

Event:Workshop

On 7 March 2019, experts working on nature-based solutions (NBS) met in Berlin for an exchange of experiences. The discussions focused on the challenges of planning and implementing NBS and the opportunities and creative solutions to overcome them. The results of this meeting will be integrated into including the development of a catalogue of NBS and an overview of policy instruments to the "Climate NBS Polska" project.

Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in Cities - Expert Talk

7 March 2019
Berlin, Germany

Project

Nature-based solutions (NBS) provide an integrated approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas, while simultaneously offering a range of additional benefits. This project aims to increase the awareness of NBS in Poland as a cost-effective urban climate mitigation measure and build capacity, knowledge and skills among city officials, municipal staff, and landscape planners to enable the conceptual and technical design and implementation of NBS.

Climate Mitigation Through Nature-Based-Solutions in Urban Poland - Fostering Awareness and Capacity (ClimateNBS Polska)

Nov 2018 - Nov 2020

Team: Ewa Iwaszuk
Duration: 14 October 2020
Project: Climate Mitigation Through Nature-Based-Solutions in Urban Poland - Fostering Awareness and Capacity (ClimateNBS Polska)
Project ID: 3205
Keywords: Adaptation

Cities

Climate

climate change, climate mitigation, climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, cities, NBS, urban NBS, green infrastructure, urban planning, participatory budget, urban regeneration, stormwater management, urban development, planning instruments, policy plan, urban green planning, green cities, landscape planning, bioswale, green roof, green façade, infiltration, permeable surface, structural soil, retention pond

Poland, Germany, Berlin

Further Links

PublicationBookAddressing Climate Change in Cities – Catalogue of urban nature-based solutions

English version: Iwaszuk, E., Rudik, G., Duin, L., Mederake, L., Davis, M., Naumann, S., Wagner, I., 2019: Addressing Climate Change in Cities. Catalogue of Urban Nature-Based Solutions. Ecologic Institute, the Sendzimir Foundation: Berlin, Krakow.

Polish version: Iwaszuk, E., Rudik, G., Duin, L., Mederake, L., Davis, M., Naumann, S., Wagner, I., 2019: Błękitno-zielona
infrastruktura dla łagodzenia zmian klimatu w miastach. Katalog techniczny. Ecologic Institute, Fundacja Sendzimira: Berlin, Krakow.

PublicationReportAddressing Climate Change in Cities – Policy Instruments to Promote Urban Nature-based Solutions

Naumann, S., Davis, M., Iwaszuk, E., Freundt, M., Mederake, L., 2020: Addressing climate change in cities – Policy instruments to promote urban nature-based solutions. Ecologic Institute, the Sendzimir Foundation: Berlin, Krakow.

Naumann, S., Davis, M., Iwaszuk, E., Freundt, M., Mederake, L., 2020: Błękitno-zielona infrastruktura dla łagodzenia zmian klimatu w miastach. Narzędzia strategiczne. Ecologic Institute, Fundacja Sendzimira: Berlin, Krakow.

ProjectClimate Mitigation Through Nature-Based-Solutions in Urban Poland - Fostering Awareness and Capacity (ClimateNBS Polska)

Many Polish cities are undergoing intense development, which is placing investment pressure on undeveloped land. Individual sites would be able to deliver on urban climate change mitigation and reduce GHG emissions, with the resulting social, economic and environmental... Read more

Climate Mitigation Through Nature-Based-Solutions in Urban Poland - Fostering Awareness and Capacity (ClimateNBS Polska)

Duration: Nov 2018 - Nov 2020
Funding: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany

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