As a knowledge base dedicated to showcasing the richness and value of nature-based solutions in cities worldwide, the Urban Nature Atlas (UNA) aims to inform, inspire, and enable everyone interested in bringing their transformative power to bear on the cities of the future. Presenting nature-based solutions in cities, the Urban Nature Atlas now profiles in detail over 1000 projects from European cities and beyond.
The Urban Nature Atlas was developed in 2017 in the context of the Horizon 2020-funded Naturvation project by a research team at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy of the Central European University (CEU) in collaboration with the Ecologic Institute and Durham University. Following the closure of the project in May 2021, the Urban Nature Atlas was transitioned from the Naturvation website to its new and permanent home at www.una.city. In May 2021, a process was launched to include additional nature-based solutions and extend it to a global scope. Supplementing the 1000 nature-based solution case studies compiled from the original 100 European cities, the Atlas now includes non-European case studies drawn from cities featured within the Naturvation project and case studies from all continents, covering over 50 countries where nature-based solutions providing climate change adaptation or mitigation. The collection of these climate action-focused case studies was funded by the British Academy in preparation for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).