Imagine turning grey, concrete neighborhoods into green oases that keep the city cool and clean. This effort uses a mix of nature, art, and gaming to get local people involved in planting and restoring public spaces. It's like a blueprint for cities to breathe better while helping the most vulnerable areas survive extreme weather.
Cities struggle to implement climate-neutrality in vulnerable neighborhoods due to a lack of evidence-based valuation of green spaces and low citizen participation.
A Guidance Package for cities, a set of gamified citizen-science tools (ClimaGen Games), and a visual decision-support system for valuing co-benefits (ClimaImpact).
If you are a city design firm dealing with outdated urban heat maps — this project developed a Guidance Package that provides evidence-based decision support to increase green spaces by 25% in target areas.
If you are a sustainability consultancy dealing with low citizen engagement in green projects — this project developed the ClimaGen Games, a set of gamified citizen-science methods to involve diverse local groups.
If you are a municipal investment fund dealing with the difficulty of valuing nature-based assets — this project developed ClimaImpact to provide valuation of co-benefits in visual formats for better financing decisions.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or implementation costs are not provided; the project focuses on demonstrating the model across 9 cities.
The project tests scalability by using 5 demonstration cities and 4 replication cities across 11 countries to create a repeatable Guidance Package.
Based on available project data, there is no mention of specific licensing terms or patents; results are intended for dissemination via a Guidance Package.
It supports cities in their transition towards net-zero and climate-neutrality, aligning with the Cities Mission and New European Bauhaus (NEB) goals.
The project runs from 2025-01-01 to 2028-12-31, meaning full results and the Guidance Package will be available by the end of 2028.
The consortium is highly diverse with 33 partners from 11 countries. While dominated by 'Other' organizations (19) and universities (4), there is a significant business presence with 5 industry partners and 6 SMEs, representing a 15% industry ratio. This suggests a strong focus on public-sector implementation and academic validation, with a smaller but present commercial layer for tool development.
Contact NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) regarding the ClimaGen Guidance Package.
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