Interreg IPA ADRION - NBS4RESILIENCE
https://nbs4resilience.interreg-ipa-adrion.eu/
The Adriatic-Ionian region is experiencing climate change impacts more severely than the global average, with rising air and sea temperatures. This has made the region increasingly vulnerable to climate-related disasters. The NBS4RESILIENCE project aims to enhance climate resilience through nature-based solutions (NBS) that reduce climate risks, promote biodiversity, and improve ecosystem services. The project will research, co-create and implement climate-resilient NBS, involving local communities in decision-making and raising awareness about the necessity of climate resilience. It will test solutions through pilots in six countries, addressing issues like flooding, erosion, heat, drought, coastal resilience, and wildfires. The pilot actions will allow to transfer the findings into the joint Transnational Climate Resilient NBS-based Transition Strategy for the IPA ADRION region. Finally, NBS4RESILIENCE will foster long-term science-policy-practice collaborations that will deliver several policy proposals and complemented NBS standards to support the widespread adoption of NBS for climate resilience in the region.
URBIO BAUHAUS - New European Bauhaus for Increasing Urban Biodiversity
https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/urbio-bauhaus/
The URBIO BAUHAUS project addresses the urgent challenge of biodiversity loss in urban and peri-urban areas across Central Europe, driven by global warming and intensive urbanization. This loss not only threatens local ecosystems but also diminishes critical services like air purification, temperature regulation, and soil health, while contributing to the spread of heat islands and the degradation of infrastructure.
By embracing the core values of the New European Bauhaus — sustainability, inclusion, and aesthetics — the project aims to halt and reverse biodiversity decline while enhancing the quality of urban life. Through innovative urban planning, policy transformation, and community engagement, URBIO BAUHAUS seeks to create greener, more resilient cities
Pilot Actions will be implemented Across Central Europe:
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Kranj, Slovenia: Creation of biodiverse islands to conserve endangered plant and animal species.
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Pula, Croatia: Implementation of urban micro-interventions to boost populations of three key biodiversity species.
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Wrocław, Poland: Preservation of natural wildlife patterns to enhance biodiversity across urban areas.
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Érd, Hungary: Development of biodiverse urban areas with specialised and edible plant species to promote ecological balance.
Project Details:
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Duration: August 1, 2024 – January 31, 2027
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Total Budget: EUR 2,039,600.00
Project Partners:
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Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Lead Partner) – Poland
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City of Kranj – Slovenia
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Institute for Sustainable Development – Slovenia
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City of Pula – Croatia
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POR Consult, Projects of Sustainable Development – Croatia
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BURST Nonprofit Llc – Hungary
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Research and Consultancy Centre of Milan’s Polytechnic – Italy
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Wismar University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design – Germany
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Municipality of Wroclaw – Poland
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Érd County City – Hungary
URBIO BAUHAUS is supported by the Interreg programme Central Europe and co-funded by the European Union, working towards a sustainable and biodiverse future for Central European cities.
Horizon 2020 - Upsurge
https://www.upsurge-project.eu/
https://www.facebook.com/UPSURGE.project
https://www.linkedin.com/company/upsurge-project/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpLvNuqCK0Gzp2ZS2Ht0TQ/featured
City-centered approach to catalyze nature-based solutions through the EU Regenerative Urban Lighthouse for pollution alleviation and regenerative development. Tomorrow’s cities will be places of environmental regeneration. The EU-funded Upsurge project will assist this urban transition by introducing the European Regenerative Urban Lighthouse. This will be used as a best-practice reference framework to enable the implementation of targeted nature-based solutions. In turn, cities will be called on to unlock their regenerative potential by applying the knowledge and guidance in regenerative transition. The project will carry out real-life demonstrations showcasing the viability, feasibility and implementability of proposed technical solutions. Project findings will be disseminated into several exploitable assets. The Lighthouse will help to expedite the overall renaturation of cities.
Interreg CE - ReBuilt
https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/rebuilt/
The construction industry heavily contributes to resource consumption, waste generation, and greenhouse gas emissions. The adoption of circular and digital practices can help reduce the environmental impact of the sector. The ReBuilt project promotes these approaches in an education programme and deploys new solutions. The partners also design a transnational circular and digital construction strategy that builds on green labelling, end-of-waste criteria, and green public procurement.
LIFE IP - RESTART
The project focuses on overcoming barriers to achieving EU recycling targets and full implementation of the Waste management and waste prevention program. The main objective of the project is to implement a comprehensive set of complementary technical, digital, environmental, social, and circular solutions to realize the full potential of the program, achieve maximum material self-sufficiency, and increase the circular return in the waste and resource sector. To achieve this main goal, project activities are focused on achieving three specific objectives: - provide a continuous assessment mechanism and ensure continuous improvement and updating based on the digital, technical, and social excellence created by the project; - present six closed-loop solutions for different problematic and extensive waste streams as best examples of how to achieve the objectives; - ensure wider acceptance of the best available solutions and achieve consistent and integrated implementation of the waste targets The project contributes to the implementation of the EU Waste Framework Directive, the Blueprint for a Resource-Efficient Europe, the European Green Deal, and the Action Plan for a Circular Economy for a Clean and Competitive Europe.
Horizon 2020 - Cinderela
https://www.cinderela.eu/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cinderela-project-7329ba16a/
New Circular Economy Business Model for More Sustainable Urban Construction. European construction sector generates about 9% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the European Union and directly employs 18 million people being one of the most important industries of the European economy. At the same time, it is one of Europe's biggest consumers of resources that uses about half of all materials extracted and also generates one third of all EU waste. Construction and demolition waste (CDW) together with waste from industry, municipal services and others, can make excellent secondary raw materials (SRM) for construction works and thus provide an enormous potential for reducing the demand for virgin materials, the production of waste, and maximizing the value of recovered materials. The CINDERELA project aims to untap this potential by developing and demonstrating a new business model (CinderCEBM) to assist companies in setting up successful circular economy business cases based on waste-to-resource opportunities. The business model will be accompanied by a "one-stop-shop" (CinderOSS) service offering all that companies need to know for manufacturing and application of SRM-based construction materials in buildings and civil engineering works.
UIA - Urban Soil 4 Food
https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/maribor
Establishment of Innovative Urban Soil Based Economy Circles to Increase Local Food Self-sufficiency and Minimize Environmental Footprint. Urban soil 4 food project starts from the challenge of using cities‘ waste (biological and mineral) to produce a useful product (soil), which could be later used for meeting different cities‘ needs, such as food production, parks and construction. As main innovative output of the project, project partners will develop a safe and certified soil with by-production of energy (through using technology of fermentation and pyrolysis). The project will be articulated around four main interconnected aspects (‘circles’) backboned with two key investments: the establishment of a pilot system for urban soil production and the establishment of four urban gardens (using the urban soil produced).
