Jesus Lancis, Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer of the UJI y Carmen Vilanova, technical director of the Office of Planning and Economic Projection of the Castellón City Council, this morning several European delegations working on the European project welcomed UNaLab.
Search Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) to improve the problems of cities in the face of climate change is the topic addressed in the consortium's follow-up meeting UNaLab, which is taking place this week in Espaitec.
During the meeting, the achievements obtained in the projects and measures applied by the calls are being seen. “frontrunner cities”, which are the cities of Eindhoven, Tampere and Genoa. These municipalities have implemented pilot measures to test their effectiveness and be able to compare reliable and quantifiable results. Contributing in this way to the development of smarter, more inclusive and sustainable cities.
For its part, Castellón is directly involved as “follower city”, being one of the collaborating cities in the project that will replicate these previously tested models in the coming years. In this way the City Council of Castellón is committed to mitigating the effect of climate change and offering a higher quality of life to its inhabitants, also helping to create a more sustainable planet. In fact, Castellón has designed within the project UNaLab a strategy for the future that aims to act on four basic points: industry, agriculture, water treatment and its reuse and, finally, sustainable mobility.
Other cities that will also implement measures in the coming years will be Stavanger, Prague, Cannes, Başakşehir, Hong Kong and Buenos Aires.
About UNaLab
This project seeks innovative solutions from citizens and stakeholders themselves through co-creation methods such as Urban Living Lab (ULL), demonstration in experimental areas, demonstration and evaluation of different Nature-Based Solutions aimed at improving the climate and quality of water in cities.
The Project seeks to create a reference framework to address the benefits, effectiveness, economic viability and make a project that other cities can replicate in a simple way based on the solutions provided. In addition, a reference manual and various reference materials will also be created for anyone who may be interested in this project and its possible developments.
