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The cooling effect of trees is well known, but no study has so far aimed to quantify how many premature deaths might be prevented through...

EU Cohesion Policy helps innovating our cities. The European Urban Initiative (EUI) is launching today a second call for proposals worth €120 million for innovative...

We look regularly for experts to help us evaluate and select the best innovative ideas for EU funding. What should you do to work with us as...

Trees growing in cities world-wide may be at risk from climate change. Urban greening must use species that can cope with future conditions to secure benefits...

This report summarizes the major outcomes of the dialogues that were conducted by more than 26 local governments and brought together about 1000 stakeholders under the partnership between the Food...

Tomorrow, the Estonian city of Tallinn will officially become the European Green Capital for 2023, taking over from the French city of Grenoble. The opening ceremony will take...

This study suggests that the effects on urban water systems in the Netherlands could provide lessons for management - for example, restricting boat traffic in canals may improve underwater...

For decades, Kozani has played a central role in Greece’s electricity supply through its local lignite power plant, which is the largest in the country and produces 40%...

In 2022, EFI launched the Biocities Facility to better connect science-based knowledge to policy and practice, and to unlock the potential of forest-based solutions in rethinking and co-creating sustainable, healthy and resilient...

Early this morning at the UN Biodiversity conference COP15 in Montréal, Canada, the EU joined 195 countries in the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This framework contains global...