Green space with an innovative drainage pavement system that collects water will be built along a route of nearly 1000 square metres. The work, which will be completed in approximately six months, is being carried out by Bipolaire, one of the partners in GrowGreen. The main objective of this pilot initiative of the GrowGreen project...

The online international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 on 25 and 26 January, hosted by the Netherlands, convened global leaders and local stakeholders. It saw the launch of a comprehensive Adaptation Action Agenda, setting out clear commitments to deliver concrete new endeavors and partnerships to make our world more resilient to the effects of climate change. Nature-based Solutions was one...

Download the summary and the full report produced by IUCN for GrowGreen on the Chinese Sponge Cities Programme. Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, is well-known as the “city of one hundred lakes” located in central China. Abundant water resources and extensive water systems shape beautiful landscapes and make the city liveable. The water...

GrowGreen’s new mobile app As part of GrowGreen, a new app has been developed to engage local people in the Benicalap neighbourhood of Valencia with their new nature-based solutions and the local plants and wildlife. The app makes it easier for people to identify the flora and birds that are part of the neighbourhood’s local...

On the 2nd of December GrowGreen hosted a webinar to introduce a number of resources developed by the GrowGreen and Ignition projects which can be used to support decision-makers, planners, businesses, and others in comparing green and grey options to use the right solutions in the right place for the right problem. Foivos Petsinaris, from...

The new Espai Verd Benicalap (Green Space Benicalap), located in the Benicalap neighborhood in València, has been inaugurated with an open day for citizens. This project is one of the winners of the recent Collaborative Green Initiatives Contest, an ideas contest organised as part of GrowGreen. The contest is developed in Benicalap and aims to...