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Mapping Heat Stress in Athens: Citizen Data Driving Climate Action 

5min • January 2026

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…

Taking a Step Towards a Greener Riga

5min • December 2025

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…

Measuring Heat Stress in Cascais: Citizen Science in Action 

4min • November 2025

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…

ReLeaf Cascais: 2024 Campaign Highlights

3min • January 2025

The ‘An Urban Park for the Future’ 2024 Campaign successfully engaged over 1,000 citizens in Cascais, Portugal. Between May and December 2024, data collection was…

Meer dan meten: Biodiversiteit en gemeenschap bouwen in Utrecht 

4min • September 2024

‘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…

Building a Greener Cascais, ‘An Urban Park for the Future’ engages more than 300 citizens

3min • September 2024

‘An Urban Park for the Future’ Summer Campaign has successfully engaged over 300 citizens in Cascais, Portugal. Participants contributed their ideas and experiences to map…

Interview with Dr. Rensing, Head of Mannheim’s Climate, Nature and Environment Department

4min • September 2024

Mannheim is one of the hottest cities in Germany. In 2019, the city introduced a strategic concept for climate impact adaptation, followed by the implementation…

Hittestresscampagne ‘Groene Buurt, Koele Buurt’ van start in Utrecht 

3min • September 2024

Deze zomer is de Utrechtse hittestresscampagne ‘Groene Buurt, Koele Buurt’ officieel van start gegaan. Bewoners van vier wijken kregen Urban ReLeaf-sensoren om te dragen. Er…

Developing strategies to involve the city’s most vulnerable communities in urban greening

3min • June 2023

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…