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As cities across Europe face increasing pressure from climate change, the need for resilient, sustainable and community-driven solutions has never been more urgent. NBSINFRA steps into this space with a clear ambition: to strengthen critical urban infrastructure through innovative Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) that not only reduce risks but also enhance biodiversity and improve quality of life.
Funded by the European Union, NBSINFRA is pioneering a new way of thinking about urban resilience. Rather than relying solely on traditional engineered measures, the project explores how nature itself can help cities better prepare for and respond to both natural and human-induced hazards.
To bring this vision to life, NBSINFRA is working closely with five diverse European regions, each serving as a City Lab where experimentation, learning, and co-creation take centre stage. These City Labs in Fingal (Ireland), Cologne (Germany), Ruse (Bulgaria), Aveiro (Portugal), and Prague (Czechia) will act as real-world testing grounds to assess the cost-effectiveness and impact of NBS in protecting local infrastructure.
At the heart of this approach lies collaboration. The City Labs are designed as inclusive spaces where citizens, end-users, city managers and civil society jointly shape the solutions their communities need. Through this process, NBSINFRA will generate locally tailored risk indicators and strengthen city management plans, supporting emergency responses and long-term resilience strategies.
In this newsletter, we introduce the project’s mission and the role of the City Labs, which are now beginning their journey.
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Elisabete Teixeira
NBSINFRA Project Coordinator |
