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Transforming Urban Heat Data into Poetry in Cascais  

4min • June 2026

As part of the Urban ReLeaf Pop-Up Community and Culture Lab, Cascais Ambiente launched an innovative initiative inviting the community to reflect on climate change and the impact…

Urban ReLeaf at the 6th ESP Europe Conference 

3min • June 2026

How do we ensure that nature-based solutions in cities genuinely work for everyone and that the people who live there help shape them? These questions…

Call for Creative Proposals: Transform Urban Climate Stories into Comics in Athens 

3min • June 2026

Urban ReLeaf invites comic artists, illustrators, writers, and digital creators to submit proposals for an exciting new opportunity in Athens, Greece.  We’re offering a €2,500 commission to co-create…

Citizen Science for Climate-Resilient Cities: Urban ReLeaf at EGU26 

3min • May 2026

How can cities become more climate-resilient, inclusive, and responsive to the environmental challenges people experience every day? This question was at the centre of the EGU General…

Athens Advances Digital Tools for Urban Tree Monitoring 

3min • May 2026

The Athens’ team is continuing its work to strengthen urban nature monitoring through an ongoing campaign for the city’s trees registry, inviting citizens and visitors to contribute valuable data via the Trees app.    As part of this…

Cascais recognised at Portugal Smart Cities Awards for Urban ReLeaf collaboration

2min • May 2026

Urban ReLeaf pilot city Cascais has received the Portugal Smart Cities – António Almeida Henriques Award in the ‘Public Space’ category, recognising the city’s work…

Urban ReLeaf at ECSA 2026: Bridging Communities, Data, and Decision-Making 

5min • March 2026

Urban ReLeaf was strongly represented at the European Citizen Science Conference 2026, held in Oulu, Finland from 3–6 March and organised by the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA). The conference brought together the…

Connecting Urban Nature to the Global Stage: Urban ReLeaf at IPBES 

4min • March 2026

Last month Urban ReLeaf was represented in Manchester at the 12th plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-12), (pronounced “ip-bes”). IPBES gathered leading global experts on nature, government representatives,…

Mapping Cleaner Air: Urban ReLeaf Presents Findings from Riga at EAC 2025

3min • March 2026

From August 31 to September 5, 2025, NOA participated in the European Aerosol Conference (EAC) in Lecce, Italy, Europe’s leading scientific gathering on aerosol and…