Joint Call between the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission and the Adaptation to Climate Change Mission · Urban nature: supporting restoration of urban ecosystems, along urban transport networks and in the built environment

Projects are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes: • Development of approaches, tools and methods, on how and where to restore, increase and maintain urban green space and tree canopy cover to achieve the greatest positive impacts - on climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience, biodiversity, soil, air and water quality, quality of life, and human health. • Uptake and deployment of solutions to map, restore, increase and maintain urban green space and…

To address the expected outcomes, individual projects will be required to address all the following aspects, with at least three in each pilot site: • Develop and test approaches, tools and methods to understand how different patterns of urban green space and tree canopy cover impact on local temperature regulation / heat island effect, biodiversity, water scarcity, stormwater and landslide management, local air quality; and how changing / increasing the distribution /…