Cities across Europe are warming, facing biodiversity loss, and feeling the pressure of climate change—but the solutions are growing right in our neighborhoods.

We are thrilled to announce the official start of Co-ADAPT, a new Erasmus+ funded initiative dedicated to empowering local communities through Community-Based Climate Adaptation and Small-Scale Nature-Based Solutions (NBS).

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Launched this past November, Co-ADAPT brings together partners from Berlin, Vienna, Ankara, and Košice with a shared mission: to prove that small, local actions can add up to massive urban resilience.

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The Mission: Co-Creating Greener Cities

Big infrastructure projects take time, but communities can act now. Co-ADAPT is about connecting adults, youth, civil society, and local authorities to design and implement Nature-Based Solutions that make our immediate environments cooler, greener, and more biodiverse.

Through living labs, creative workshops, DIY kits, and learning tours, we are turning climate anxiety into climate action.

 

What we aim to achieve:

• Empower Communities: Giving neighbors the tools and confidence to shape their own surroundings.

• Boost Biodiversity: Creating habitats for local wildlife within the urban jungle.

• Build Resilience: Using nature to cool down streets and manage water runoff.

• Knowledge to Action: Moving from theory to hands-on creation of tiny forests, rain gardens, and green roofs.

 

What’s Next: Transnational Meeting in Berlin

The Co-ADAPT journey is just beginning!

From February 18–20, our project partners will gather for a Transnational Meeting in Berlin. Hosted by the Independent Institute for Environmental Issues (UfU), this meeting will set the roadmap for the coming months, finalizing the designs for our first set of community workshops and NBS pilot sites.

Stay tuned for updates from Berlin as we finalize the tools we'll be bringing to your city soon!

 

Meet the Partners:

This project is a cross-border collaboration co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

• UfU – Independent Institute for Environmental Issues (Germany)

• Doğa Koruma Merkezi (Turkey)

• Innovative Education Center (Austria)

• People and Water (Slovakia)