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The first NBS in 18th district of Budapest
The first raingarden of Budapest 18th district has been completed in the garden of the Tomory Lajos Museum. The purpose of raingardens is to collect, retain and infiltrate precipitation from the roofs of surrounding buildings and pavings. They reduce the negative effects of climate change, increase water retention, improve air quality and reduce the heat…
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Kick-off meeting of Competency Group – Katowice
On the 5th of October 2023, there was a kick-off meeting of the UPSURGE Competency Group in Katowice, Poland. Using a co-creation formula we met with the experts to discuss several points within the process of establishing a local Place Lab and creating the operational plan for our demo city. One of the biggest challenges…
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UPSURGE Project Consortium Meeting in Antwerp
Last week (12-13 Oct. 2023) the UPSURGE consortium met in the beautiful surroundings of the University of Antwerp. A two-day meeting full of vivid presentations and discussions on the progress of our work related to the technical aspects and the citizen-centred approach of the NBS interventions for air pollution and climate change adaptation at the…
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Competency Group Kick-off in Budapest
In the UPSURGE project, the Competency Groups started working. See the first CG kick-off meeting in Budapest. Congratulations! On 21 Sept. 2023, BP18 and BURST led the launch of the Upsurge project’s first local Competency Group meeting at Tomory Lajos Múzeum. The Group aims to promote nature-based solutions in BP18 and Hungary, by evaluating and…
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Competency Group “Kick-Off” meeting in Breda
The municipality of Breda is going to redesign a residential area, Doornbos-Linie Zuid. We do this based on NBS. The 5 topics of NBS are Eco-sensitisation, Social Benefits, Gender-based NBS verification, NBS Economic opportunities and enabling NBS-supporting political capital. On Tuesday, September 19, we met with the competency group. The competency group consists of 4…