Urban nature: supporting restoration of urban ecosystems, along urban transport networks and in the built environment supports city teams testing urban greening to improve resilience, biodiversity and health.
Living labs co-creating solutions for the restoration of ecosystems addressing implementation bottlenecks and improving resilience to risks funds research teams testing restoration to overcome barriers and reduce risks.
Technical innovation to protect ecosystems and to scale up their restoration supports consortia developing and testing technical solutions to make ecosystem protection and restoration easier and more effective.
Revitalising neighbourhoods around existing railway and motorway corridors supports teams to develop and demonstrate measures that reduce corridor harms and make surrounding neighbourhoods more liveable.
Increasing riparian and coastal areas resilience to climate change, including in waterfront cities and islands funds consortia testing solutions to help communities adapt and restore ecological functions.
Reducing soil sealing through sustainable urban and territorial design in the New European Bauhaus supports planners and designers developing regenerative solutions to prevent soil sealing and improve soil health.