Urban Releaf

In Athens, DAEM is leading the Urban ReLeaf pilot activities and is collaborating with ICCS in order to understand how heat stress affects people across the city. For this citizen science campaign, DAEM onboarded the Department of…

What is the Urban ReLeaf Accelerator Programme? The Urban ReLeaf Accelerator Programme is a structured capacity-building and replication initiative that helps cities harness the power of citizen…

The summer campaign, ‘Take a step towards a greener city’, was a living experiment, combining insights from social science, heat island research, and the importance of…

Building on the success of the Greenspace Perceptions Campaign, which gathered over 1,500 citizen contributions on comfort in urban parks, phase two of the Heat Stress…

How can we best understand the future of the spaces and places we are shaping? Where can we look for ideas, insights, and knowledge?  These…

‘Groene Buurt, Koele Buurt’ is meer dan alleen meten   Deze hele zomer hebben meer dan 100 inwoners uit de Utrechtse wijken Ondiep, Zuilen, Rivierenwijk en…

In het stedelijke Utrecht worden de zomers warmer en droger door de klimaatverandering, maar helaas heeft niet iedereen toegang tot koele, groene buitenruimte. Zeker kwetsbare…

As Germany’s hottest major city, Mannheim is actively addressing its heat islands and rising temperatures. Inspired by the EU’s Green Deal, the city has adopted…

Athens is facing a growing problem of heat stress caused by more frequent and intense heat waves. This presents a significant challenge for the city…