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22 April 2025
12:00pm 2:00pm CEST

Greening Cities Partnership Webinar: Developing a Municipal Roadmap for Urban Ecosystem Restoration

The Greening Cities Partnership continues its webinar series to support cities, regions, and national governments in implementing the EU Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR). This third session will focus on how cities can develop municipal roadmaps and Urban Nature Plans that are impactful, measurable, and aligned with community priorities and national objectives.

Designing Local Roadmaps for Restoration

How can cities design Urban Nature Plans that drive real impact? How can these plans align with measurable targets and reflect community priorities? And what indicators are key to tracking progress and ensuring that greening efforts support both climate adaptation and local needs?
This webinar will explore these questions through the lens of three cities and institutions leading by example. Participants will gain practical insights into planning, monitoring, and multi-level collaboration.

From Vision to Practice

Join us for an engaging webinar featuring expert practitioners from Fundación Biodiversidad (Spain), who will share insights on national-local collaboration for urban renaturing. You’ll also hear inspiring examples from the cities of Espoo (Finland) and Utrecht (The Netherlands), showcasing their innovative approaches to restoring nature in their urban ecosystems.

22 April 2025
12:00pm 2:00pm CEST
Greening Cities Partnership Webinar: Developing a Municipal Roadmap for Urban Ecosystem Restoration

Program

Tuesday 22
09:00 - 09:10
Introduction - Heather Brooks, Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on Greening Cities, Eurocities
09:10 - 09:25
Urban Nature Plans+ project - Philipp LaHaela Walter, ICLEI Europe
09:25 - 09:35
Fondation Biodiversidad on Urban Nature Plans  - Victoria Pérez García, Coordinator of the Renaturing Cities Programme, Biodiversity Foundation Spain of the Ministry for Ecological Transitions
09:35 - 09:45
Utrecht on Urban Ecosystem Indicators - Albin Hunia, Urban Green Advisor at Utrecht Municipality 
09:45 - 09:55
Municipal Roadmap - Söderman Tarja, Director of Environmental Affairs, City of Espoo
09:55 - 10:00
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
Moderated discussion with invited speakers - Leon Kapetas, Resilient Cities Network and Expert to the Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on Greening Cities
10:30 - 10:40
Wrap up: next GCP webinar dates