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In this webinar, the European municipality of Granollers (Spain) and the Latin American municipality of Cuenca (Ecuador) will talk about their strategies for long-term implementation of nature-based solutions. They will share challenges they faced as well as tips for other cities to replicate.

The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) who is one of the partners of the INTERLACE project offers a permanent position as researcher in urban nature and nature-based solutions at NINA. The position will be linked to the research group Nature in the City, which includes research on urban nature-based solutions, socio-ecological systems, ecosystem services and instruments in urban planning.

The “The river, the city and I” photo and drawing competition was a huge success: “The river stream gives life to the municipality of Envigado with its abundant water and vegetation”, knows Danna Gabriela, 11-year-old from Envigado, Colombia. Like her, over 90 children from four cities have participated in this competition highlighting the importance of nature in the city.

This conference aims to strengthen knowledge and exchange on the implementation of Nature-based Solutions and will bring together city and city network representatives from across Europe.

From 21-22 September 2022, the Kraków Metropolitan Area hosted the first European INTERLACE Engagement Event. The conference aimed to strengthen knowledge and exchange on the implementation of Nature-based Solutions and brought together more than 50 participants from municipalities and other organisations from across Europe.

In this podcast, host Ewa Iwaszuk speaks with her guests about the climate change impacts in cities and especially about the EU's plans on how to adapt to and better deal with those impacts.

On the occasion of this years World Environment Day, and in light of the World Bicycle Day on June 3rd, CBIMA joined forces with different organisations for a mass biking event to increase the understanding of the bicycle as an environmentally friendly means of transportation and urban development that that includes a critical rethinking of current ways of mobility.

On the 12th and 13th of May 2022, the INTERLACE Project held the first Latin American Engagement Event of Cities Talk Nature in San José, Costa Rica.

After 20 Months into the project, all INTERLACE partners met for the first in-person Consortium Meeting in Costa Rica from 9 to 11 May 2022. More than 50 people attended different interactive sessions to discuss key processes and products of the project.

The municipality of Envigado, a partner of INTERLACE project, implemented a series of creative and innovative citizen engagement activities. The citizens of Envigado had an opportunity to co-create a mural that showcases the stunning local biodiversity and take part in environmental education and other activities