12 Oct 2021
City Doubles Size of Largest Green Infrastructure Program in Nation, Making NYC More Resilient to Global Warming Specially designed curbside rain gardens will absorb millions of gallons of stormwater each time it rains, beautifying neighborhoods, improving the health of our waterways and making the city more resilient in the face of global warming NEW YORK—Mayor […]
08 Sep 2020
According to a major assessment on health and environment from the European Environment Agency, water, air and noise pollution, along with the impacts of climate change such as heatwaves, and exposure to dangerous chemicals cause ill health in Europe. Poor quality environments contribute to 13 % (one in every eight) of deaths. A healthy nature […]
07 Jul 2020
From Green Infrastructure Partnership The PERFECT project, an Interreg Europe funded project on the multiple benefits of green infrastructure led by the TCPA, has published two new expert papers: ‘What does good green infrastructure policy look like?‘ considers best practice for developing a policy assessment tool to assess plans, policies and programmes. Written by Professor Alister Scott, Department of Geography and Environmental […]
02 Apr 2019
A new report from the World Bank and the World Resources Institute looks at integrating green and grey infrastructure for water security and climate resilience. The report showcases case studies and illustrates how emerging technology can make green infrastructure cheaper and easier to design and assess. It finds that integrating green and grey infrastructure can […]
09 Oct 2018
More evidence has emerged of the physical and mental health benefits of green infrastructure. An expert paper from the EU PERFECT (Planning for Environment and Resource efficiency in European Cities and Towns) project helps to make an economic case for the multiple benefits of green infrastructure based on the jobs and growth agenda. Green infrastructure […]
06 Jun 2018
We might (or might not) be leaving the EU, but there’s still plenty going on across the Channel. Last week, the MEP Water Group in cooperation with the World Water Assessment Programme of UNESCO, hosted a public session for its 2018 United Nations World Water Development Report on ‘Nature-based solutions for water’ at the European […]
06 Jun 2018
Two new resources are available or in development that can support the promotion of green infrastructure and water efficiency. The Green Infrastructure Resource Library (GIRL) is a pdf and searchable database of 1,000 (exactly) documents on Green Infrastructure, green spaces, natural capital and related topics. It is freely available here and here. Waterwise are developing an inventory […]
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