GREEN-INC

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have multiple benefits, but they can reinforce urban inequalities and injustices in cities.

To better account for NbS dilemmas and trade-offs, both theory and practice have embraced Inclusive Climate Actions (ICAs) that tackle climate change and urban inequalities simultaneously. A systematic evaluation of ICAs in European cities, however, has not yet been executed.

The GREEN-INC project will assess the performance of ICAs in five European cities (Amsterdam, Bucharest, Brussels, Skellefteå, and Turin) that face different climate change impacts and that are rooted in different urban planning systems.

Through a systematic evaluation we will identify the institutional conditions and design principles under which ICAs help the uptake of NbS in different European contexts.

Our research strategy consists of a comparative case study approach integrating four academic disciplines that each provide valuable perspectives on the effectiveness and social justice of ICAs.

The design principles derived from these interdisciplinary assessments will be validated in five living labs with local partners in the five cities using digital twin technology.

Altogether, GREEN-INC will help European cities to implement ICAs that result in a more just delivery and design of NbS by incorporating fairness and distributing NbS impacts as equitably as possible.