🚨 Critical climate data is disappearing. ClimateIQ is building free AI tools to help cities & communities prepare for heat & flood risks. US planners, NGOs & community leaders: Take our 5-min survey to shape these tools! 🔗 bit.ly/ciq-survey #ClimateJustice #OpenData

Bridging Urban & Global Climate Action: New research in Nature Cities reveals how categorizing similar cities can scale local climate solutions globally. Key research priorities for the upcoming IPCC Special Report on Cities are identified. Read the paper: buff.ly/gRtcVew

Discover how co-design frameworks are transforming urban wild spaces! From Ireland to NYC, researcher Mairéad O'Donnell explores how community workshops shift perspectives from control to cohabitation in novel ecosystems. Read more: bit.ly/wild-urban

Welcome Jie Cao! A NATURA Fellow, Jie joins the Urban Systems Lab from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Her research explores how urban green spaces cool cities and benefit health through innovative spatial analysis. Learn more: bit.ly/jie-usl

Discover how communities experience justice after property buyouts. Veronica Olivotto's research reveals how historical injustice shapes adaptation and how vacant lands can become spaces for community self-determination. Read the full blog: bit.ly/senses-justice

Powering NY's clean energy future requires more than just technical solutions. Jen Ventrella explores the complex justice trade-offs in transmission infrastructure—where reducing urban pollution can create new burdens for environmental justice communities bit.ly/powering-justi…

🌍 Why do climate experts see the same problem so differently? Our groundbreaking study maps mental models of 20 NYC stakeholders, revealing critical knowledge silos in urban adaptation. The key? More inclusive co-production! Read the paper: bit.ly/mental-sets #Resilience

CELEBRATING BRILLIANT MINDS! 🎓 Congrats to Anna, Arshya, Jennifer, Eric, Veronica & Filipa on their incredible achievements! From designing climate resilience tools to pioneering environmental justice frameworks, their research at USL is shaping more equitable & resilient cities

🌿 New article alert! Former USL Visiting Scholar Shahryar Sarabi publishes a scoping review on XR + urban nature as part of his NATURA Early Career Fellowship. 🧠🌳 @NATURA_project

Urban Systems Lab will be AGU (American Geophysical Union) Annual Meeting #AGU25 in New Orleans from Dec 15–19, 2025! ▶️ Submit your abstract by July 30 for our session: IN009 – Advancing Urban Risk Modeling: From Physics Foundations to AI Innovations 🔗 Link: buff.ly/x4qxS4b

USL's @Timonm featured in @Politico speaking on the urgent need for investment in early warning systems and climate resilience. #climate #texasfloods #flooding New York University 📖 Read more: buff.ly/SmOPJvR

📢 Just out in PNAS: Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Sustainability 🌿 A special issue of PNAS co-edited by Timon McPhearson (he/him) and @DrNitrogen 🔗 buff.ly/K8aU853 #NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanResilience National Academy of Sciences PNASNews @Natura_project NYU Arts & Science

🌱 New from National Academy of Sciences: Elizabeth M. Cook, Yeowon Kim, Nancy B. Grimm, and Weiqi Zhou introduce the #PNAS Special Issue on #NatureBasedSolutions for cities. 🔗buff.ly/KJPOGHX #NbS #UrbanSustainability #ClimateAdaptation #GreenCities

🌱 New National Academy of Sciences perspective: A global team led by @timon_mcphearson synthesizes 61 NbS reviews + expert insights across 7 regions to chart how we can scale up urban #NatureBasedSolutions. Read: buff.ly/jGfYSqO #UrbanNature #NbS #PNAS #SustainableCities

🌿 New from National Academy of Sciences: Loan Diep and @timon_mcphearson of Urban Systems Lab lay out 4 levers for unlocking transformative urban adaptation with #NatureBasedSolutions. 📖 buff.ly/FXggzzN #NbS #UrbanAdaptation #ClimateResilience #PNAS

🌿 New from National Academy of Sciences: Melissa K. Nelson & Graeme Reed analyze and critique #NatureBasedSolutions from Indigenous perspectives. 🔗 buff.ly/glYDsmF #IndigenousRights #NbS #TEK #DecolonizeNbS #ClimateJustice #PNAS

🚨NATURA Virtual All Hands Meeting – Call for Presenters! Join us Sept. 29–Oct. 1, 2025. NATURA members interested in presenting a topic or update, contact us with a few sentences about your proposed presentation to be added to the schedule. Learn more: natura-net.org/2025-vahm

🌿 New in National Academy of Sciences special issue: Niki Frantzeskaki , Dr. Katinka Wijsman , Nadja Kabisch, and @timon_mcphearson explore how #NatureBasedSolutions can support just urban transformations. 🔗 buff.ly/1eEhcBx #NbS #UrbanJustice #PNAS #UrbanSustainability