Nature based solutions on sustainable building: GREEN ROOF AND WALLS FOR BUILDINGS Guidelines for Public Administration and Territorial Bodies

Revitalization of the City Park in Starachowice focuses on enhancing its unique topography and natural elements.

KILVA provides a free-to-use, transparent climate impact assessment tool for land-use planners in municipalities.

Restoration of a former large meadow of a seagrass species (Cymodocea nodosa) thriving in the Corrales of Rota that disappeared a few decades ago.

“Intracting”, the Energy Savings Fund, is a virtuous circle where initial investments in energy transition are paid back by the generated energy savings.

Since 2015 a graas root movement transformed a sealed square close the citiy center into a collective and biodiverse urban garden involving numerous volunteers.

Active water management of a floodplain on carbon rich soils to reduce carbon emissions and conserve biodiversity at the same time.

This practice presents municipality level actions that direct carbon neutrality and resource wisdom. Work started in 2013 and is ongoing.

This practice strengthens the role of forests in mitigating the negative effects of climate change through underplanting and carbon capturing.

Marche Region financed interventions of afforestation and urban wood in urban and industrial areas, aimed to improve air quality and to increase carbon storage.

The city of Albertville improves its schoolyards through greening and restoration works, now recovering rainwater and protecting children from heatwaves.

Bremen has made green roofs mandatory for new buildings and has banned gravel gardens. This is complemented by funding programs for greening and unsealing.