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BUFFER+
BUFFER carbon + water in peatlands: landscape-based solutions for climate adaptation
Wet and healthy peatlands have a strong natural potential to save carbon and, due to their water buffering capacity, play an important role in managing periods of excessive rains or droughts. Yet, in NWE regions large areas of peatlands are drained f...
ResiRiver
Creating Resilient River Systems by Mainstreaming and Upscaling NbS
Resilient River or ‘ResiRiver’ for short, is a project focusing on the creation of Resilient River Systems through mainstreaming and upscaling of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). In North-West Europe (NWE), river systems are facing significant challenge...
IB-Green
Industrial and Business Parks – climate resilient & fit for future
Industrial and business parks (IBPs) are highly sealed and especially vulnerable to overheating. They take up a decisive part of the North-West Europe settlement area and play a crucial role in increasing urban heat islands. IB-Green (Industrial and ...
FlashFloodBreaker
Make North-West Europe resilient against increasing extreme flash flood events
North-West Europe (NWE) faces an increasing number of flash flood disasters due to climate change. Such extreme events - for example July 2021 in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Ireland and Switzerland - are linked with fatalities, huge losses...
Rural_Roadwater_Rescue
A transnational strategy extending the role of roads to support rural water systems
How to use infrastructure to maintain the balance of waterClimate change causes an imbalance between water supply by rivers and rainfall and the urgent demands from various users in periods of drought. In short periods, extreme weather events provide...
MigFoRest
Assisted Migration to increase Forest resilience in NWE
Humanity largely depends on the ecosystem services provided by forests. They need to be protected from the increasing disturbances caused by climate change. Forests represent significant proportion of NWE land (23% in Belgium, 27% in France, 32% in G...
Cool Neighbourhoods
Cool Neighbourhoods
The average rise in temperature in cities due to global warming leads to local heat islands and heat risks for inhabitants. As risks will become more prevalent throughout NWE’s densely populated territories, demand for urban cooling interventions wil...
GreenDense
Greening dense urban areas for enhanced climate resilience, biodiversity and health
As cities across North West Europe face mounting challenges from climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, the GreenDense project is bringing green infrastructure (GI) back into densely populated urban environments. These dense urban areas ar...