The impacts of climate change are affecting and affecting all cities and towns in Europe but with regional and local differences. Climate change puts pressure on our “hard” infrastructures, such as public education and social services buildings, but also on “soft” ones, such as our health systems. Europe’s education and social services buildings will face … Read more

PREPARATORY ACTIONS Action A.1. Information collection and design of technical criteria for the choice of pilot buildings In the framework of this action, a methodology was designed that allowed the identification and selection of technical criteria to facilitate the choice of the pilot buildings of the project. The selection of these technical criteria was carried … Read more

The LIFE programme is the EU funding instrument for the environment and climate action. LIFE’s overall objective is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. LIFE began in 1992 and to date four complete phases of the program have … Read more

We define Nature Based Solutions (NBS) for society’s challenges as nature-inspired, nature-backed solutions that are cost-effective while providing environmental, social, and economic benefits and helping to build resilience to climate change. These solutions bring more diverse natural features and processes to cities, landscapes and marine landscapes, through locally adapted, resource-efficient and systemic interventions. The main … Read more

Over the past few years, evidence of climate change and its impacts on different socio-economic sectors and natural systems has accumulated in all regions of the planet. The impacts of climate change are affecting and affecting all cities and towns in Europe but with regional and local differences. Projections of future climate developments indicate that … Read more