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Urban ReLeaf at Cities Mission Conference 2025: Empowering Climate Resilience Through Citizen Data

3min • May 2025

On the 6th of May, the Urban ReLeaf team took centre stage at the Cities Mission Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania with an engaging session showcasing…

Help Shape a Greener Riga: Join the Urban ReLeaf Citizen Science Project

2min • May 2025

Riga gets hot in the summer, especially in the city centre, where there are fewer trees and buildings trap heat. Can you help change that? …

What if citizens had the power to redesign their cities?

4min • May 2025

As we move into the second year of citizen data gathering, we reflect on the inspiring achievements of our six cities: Cascais, Mannheim, Utrecht, Dundee,…

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…

Urban ReLeaf inspired poem at COP28 UAE

2min • December 2023

The poem ‘Super Sleuths of the Streets’ by Liv Torc, Hot Poets, is live at #COP28 UAE on 8 December, 2023. The performance and poem…

The ‘Urban ReLeaf Data Ecosystem Map’ for pilot cities

3min • July 2023

The “Urban ReLeaf Data Ecosystem Map” deliverable offers a comprehensive overview of urban greening and relevant data ecosystems across our six pilot cities, Athens, Cascais,…