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Restoring Urban Nature: Why National Action Matters

20 Aug 2025

The first policy brief under Urban Nature Plans+ (UNP+) illustrates how national governments can effectively assist cities and regions in implementing Ar...

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Did you hear? The EU Commission Has Adopted a Standardised Tool to Support National Restoration Plans Across the EU!

1 Aug 2025

The European Commission has adopted an Implementing Regulationestablishing a standardised format for national restoration plans under the Nature Restora...

Paris Heads to Japan to Exchange Solutions for Reconnecting with Nature & Culture

21 Jul 2025

In spring of 2025, UNP+ lighthouse city Paris attended a series of events held in Kanazawa, Japan, co-organized by UNU-IAS, focused on the role of cultur...

UNP+ at European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2025

1 Jul 2025

As climate and biodiversity crises intensify, spatial planning is increasingly recognized as a key tool for delivering climate resilience and sustainable...

The European Forum on Urban Forestry 2025 in Zurich – “Urban Forests for Resilient and Healthy Cities”

25 Jun 2025

EFI (European Forest Institute) represented the UNP+ Project at the 27th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) held in Zurich (3rd -7th June), to promo...

Urban Nature Exchange in Burgas: Insights and Key Learnings

17 Jun 2025

The Urban Nature Exchange (UNE) in Burgas brought together UNP+ cities and expert partners for three days of peer learning. The sessions focused on co-cr...

Perspectives on Urban Nature - A collective photo essay from our Paris Urban Nature Exchange

21 May 2025

Paris, March 2024. As part of the Urban Nature Plans+ (UNP+) project, representatives from our UNP+ cities Barcelona, Belgrade, Burgas, Mannheim and Pari...

Over 1 million species are at risk of extinction. Join us and the UN in calling for increased harmony with nature and sustainable development - from the ground up.

Cities Step Up to Save Soil — Earth’s Most Biodiverse Ecosystem

20 May 2025

Biodiversity is fundamental to human and environmental well-being, yet we are losing it at an unprecedented rate: between 1970 and 2020, the average size...

Key insights from the Urban Nature Exchange #7: Greening the built infrastructure and engaging the private sector: the Parisian case

23 Apr 2025

The latest session of the Urban Nature Exchanges (UNEs) focused on the greening of urban infrastructure, with Paris as a key example. Paris has successfu...