People-Driven: Adapting Cities for Tomorrow (LIFE PACT)

The overarching objective of the LIFE PACT project is to develop and test an integrated approach to urban climate change adaptation (CCA) that draws on the efforts of multiple stakeholders, including local government, citizens, universities and private actors, to more effectively implement Nature Based Solutions (NBS).

Specifically, the project team aims to:

• Deploy NBS across several pilot and replication sites;
• Develop and test a replicable method for engaging citizens in the deployment of NBS;
• Develop and test a replicable method for engaging local stakeholders in the deployment of NBS;
• Improve the knowledge base for NBS deployment by developing a digital tool to facilitate, track, and analyse the uptake of NBS in citizens’ private outdoor spaces.

LIFE PACT is implementing NBS at two pilot sites in the city of Leuven. Targeted actions are then replicated in Madrid and Kraków. In pursuing these objectives, LIFE PACT aims to bring to life the European Climate Pact, which calls on stakeholders from across all sectors of society to take action to achieve a climate-neutral and resilient future. It aims to do so in an integrated way, by activating multiple levers at once (citizen engagement, stakeholder engagement, and the use of data and digital technologies) and by targeting both public and private spaces, in particular the spaces owned by citizens, which are typically absent from efforts to deploy NBS.