🐝 Interested in celebrating #WorldBeeDay together with us? UNaLab is together with several other EU-funded projects inviting you to join the #Flowers4Bees social media campaign, which runs until 4 June 🌸 Learn why it is important that you participate: bit.ly/33jcRnZ

Are you a #NatureBasedSolutions practitioner? A 🆕 handbook on Evaluating the Impact of NBS provides a comprehensive impact assessment framework. It is the result of a collaborative effort of 17 Horizon 2020 projects, EU EnvironmentAgency & @EU_ScieneHub 🟢europa.eu/!yD89MB

"Temperatures are rising more quickly than we thought" The recent IPCC #ClimateReport shows temperatures rising more quickly than expected & show the long-term effects of increased CO2 in the air 🌡️⛈️📈 📰via World Economic Forum weforum.org/agenda/2021/08…

Have you checked out the our municipal #governance guidelines? They explore a range of governance-related barriers inhibiting the effective integration of NBS in #cities, and highlight a range of actions that can be taken to overcome these barriers 🏛 ➡️ bit.ly/3Bsxqy9

Take a look at our booklet that gathers the experiences, key learnings and best practices from the UNaLab project on how to plan, develop and implement #naturebasedsolutions in an #urban setting together with local stakeholders and citizens 👉 bit.ly/3eGEXzx

Finland is aiming to go carbon neutral in 15 years. They're creating jobs by boosting #renewables and saving trees. Its CO2 emissions have already dropped 21% since 1990s levels. We have the solutions, let's speed it up and implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy

Together with Marcel Cardinali Laura Wendling, @SofieVandewoestijne & Horizon Europe 🇪🇺 projects contributing, we just published this summary for policymakers on #NBSimpact assessment. Case studies from Connecting Nature UNaLab URBAN GreenUP & NAIAD2020 to illustrate! Sustainability_UDC

Insights from UNaLab on the new Handbook for practitioners on Evaluating the Impact of #naturebasedsolutions in the EU Pavilion at the #IUCNcongress The Handbook serves as a guide to ensure the identification of all co-benefits of NBS 👉bit.ly/2WODkuf

We will be sending out a new edition of our #newsletter this month 📨 Want to make sure that you don't miss the latest UNaLab project news and updates? ➡️ Subscribe to it here: eepurl.com/hdZvoj

The daylighting of covered watercourses lead to many benefits: 💧 Storm #water management 🐟 Benefits for aquatic life 🐾 Habitat provision for flora and fauna 🌿 Enables natural processes Learn more in our handbook on #naturebasedsolutions ➡️ bit.ly/3la8owq

our editorial of the #newJournal #NatureBasedSolutions is out: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… - we wait for your submissions now... with a great team of editors including Laura Wendling Adina Dumitru Timon McPhearson (he/him)

Did you know that UNaLab has a collection of learning material on #cocreation and #urban living labs available on our website? 📕💡 Check it out and use it in your own activities 👉 bit.ly/3CbSecO

The UNaLab NBS-SVT tool is a scenario visualisation tool that uses a map-based view to present the potential direct and indirect #environmental, social and #economic impacts of different proposed #naturebasedsolutions 🌳 Learn more about the tool here ➡️ bit.ly/3A6DFG8

Green facades provide many benefits for buildings and their surroundings: 🌫️ Air #pollution reduction 🌡️ Temperature reduction 💧 #Water retention 🦋 Habitat provision 🔇 Natural noise protection Find out more about the many benefits of green facades 👉 bit.ly/3DeqnZX

UNaLab was invited to the GreenEST Summit - the largest #greentech event in the region - to discuss urban living labs 🏘 UNaLab was presented as a successful example on the use of the urban living lab approach to develop #naturebasedsolutions in cities 👉 bit.ly/3sltqNO

What are the most common governance-related barriers to the effective uptake of #naturebasedsolutions, and what actions can be taken to help overcome these barriers? ⚖️ Take a look at our municipal #governance guidelines to find the answers ➡️ bit.ly/3r9RwZA

The #innovation vouchers awarded by the City of Tampere to two housing cooperatives for the development of small-scale #naturebasedsolutions were used to develop community gardens with fruit trees, berry bushes and planter boxes 🌱🍒🍏 Learn more: bit.ly/3HUXAfx

This study identifies barriers in adopting the urban living lab approach for the implementation of #naturebasedsolutions 🌳 🌱 The findings can help #cities to develop strategies that overcome the main barriers for ULL adoption in the context of NBS ➡️ bit.ly/3nskByG

Involving citizens and local actors in the planning, implementation and monitoring of #naturebasedsolutions has been key to the City of Tampere 🌳 Take part of these activities in this article (in Finnish 🇫🇮) written by UNaLab partner Ramboll Finland 🌱 ➡️ bit.ly/3Kr6q6T

Pian päättyvässä @vnteas hankkeessamme tarkastellaan jätevesien satunnaispäätöjen terveys- ja ympäristöriskejä. Tässä vähän alkupalaa ennen loppuraportin julkaisua. #jätevedet #vesihuolto tietokayttoon.fi/ajankohtaista/…