91 % European cities are looking for natural solutions in the fight against climate change

European cities are facing the effects of climate change more and more regularly and seriously. After record summer heat, flooding and heatwaves in 2023, the need to invest in resilience has never been clearer.

A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) assessed adaptation in Europe's urban centres, focusing on what measures cities are taking and what is already working.

It found that almost all European cities use nature-based solutions as their tool to improve resilience. Of the 19,000 climate action plans surveyed, 91 percent included options such as maintaining parks, urban forests or green roofs and facilitating natural water retention. (Rosie Frost, more at euronews.com)

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