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Connecting Urban Nature to the Global Stage: Urban ReLeaf at IPBES 

4min • March 2026

Last month Urban ReLeaf was represented in Manchester at the 12th plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-12), (pronounced “ip-bes”). IPBES gathered leading global experts on nature, government representatives,…

Urban ReLeaf City Pilots Gather in Mannheim for Knowledge Exchange

3min • February 2026

From 9-11 February 2026, pilot city partners from across the Urban ReLeaf project came together in Mannheim, Germany, for a face-to-face meeting. Hosted at the…

Urban ReLeaf at Over the Garden Wall, V&A Dundee 

4min • February 2026

In November, the Urban ReLeaf Dundee team was invited to take part in Over the Garden Wall, an interactive weekend at V&A Dundee hosted by the University…

Urban ReLeaf Community Pop-Up Lab: Lantern-Making Workshops for the Dundee Hooley

4min • February 2026

Throughout November 2025, Urban ReLeaf Dundee delivered a series of free lantern-making workshops as part of the Community Pop-Up Lab programme, leading to participants joining…

Mapping Heat Stress in Athens: Citizen Data Driving Climate Action 

5min • January 2026

In Athens, DAEM is leading the Urban ReLeaf pilot activities and is collaborating with ICCS in order to understand how heat stress affects people across the city. For this citizen science campaign, DAEM onboarded the Department of…

Urban ReLeaf invites artists to co-create a climate mural in Riga 

4min • January 2026

Urban ReLeaf is looking for artists, designers, muralists, or community facilitators to submit proposals for an exciting new opportunity in Riga. We’re offering a €2,500 commission to develop a…

Taking a Step Towards a Greener Riga

5min • December 2025

The summer campaign, ‘Take a step towards a greener city’, was a living experiment, combining insights from social science, heat island research, and the importance of…

Measuring Heat Stress in Cascais: Citizen Science in Action 

4min • November 2025

Building on the success of the Greenspace Perceptions Campaign, which gathered over 1,500 citizen contributions on comfort in urban parks, phase two of the Heat Stress…

Light Up Dundee with Urban ReLeaf: Join Our Lantern-Making Workshops for the Hooley Parade

4min • November 2025

Urban ReLeaf is excited to invite you to a series of free to attend lantern-making workshops as part of our Community Pop-Up Lab, leading up…