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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…

Utrecht’s Digital Twin: Advancing Data-Driven Urban Planning 

4min • April 2025

What if city planners could test urban design scenarios before breaking ground?  Utrecht’s Digital Twin is making this a reality, as we discovered at the…

ReLeaf em Cascais: Principais Destaques de 2024

3min • January 2025

A campanha ‘Parque Urbano para o Futuro’ de 2024 envolveu com sucesso mais de 1.000 cidadãos em Cascais, Portugal. Entre maio e dezembro de 2024,…

More Than Measurements: Building Biodiversity and Community in Utrecht

4min • September 2024

‘Green Neighbourhood, Cool Neighbourhood’ is more than just measuring . Throughout the summer, over 100 residents from the Utrecht neighbourhoods of Ondiep, Zuilen, Rivierenwijk, and Kanaleneiland…

Construir uma Cascais mais verde: Campanha “Um Parque Urbano para o Futuro” envolve mais de 300 cidadãos na ação climática

3min • September 2024

A Campanha de verão ‘Um Parque Urbano para o Futuro’ envolveu com sucesso mais de 300 cidadãos em Cascais, Portugal. Os participantes contribuíram com as…

Engaging Communities for Climate Resilience: A Recap of the Urban ReLeaf Workshop at EURESFO 2024 

3min • July 2024

As part of the 11th European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO), hosted in Valencia, European Green Capital 2024, the interactive workshop “Co-creating Inclusive Climate Adaptation Solutions”…

​Adaptive community-based urban planning for the wellbeing of citizens

2min • June 2023

Riga is increasingly noting the effects of climate change with rising city temperatures. This makes it all the more important to use the cities’ greenspaces…