Survey - major challenges and service needs of European cities for climate neutrality and biodiversity gains

Need for improved strategies in education, communication and awareness raising

Need for inclusive and effective stakeholder engagement

Need to establish an effective governance among different departments, enhancing collaboration and shared goals

Need for coordination and support from national and regional levels

Need to navigate and comply with national and regional regulations, (e.g. the EU Nature Restoration Regulation)

Need for support in setting up plans for urban greening (e.g. EU Urban Nature Plans)

Need for relevant data and management and analysis tools

Lack of tools that are easily adaptable to specific contexts of our city

Lack of tools that include urban nature and human well-being angles

Need for support with management and monitoring of NbS project

Lack of expertise in environmental quality assessment (e.g, air quality) and modelling

Lack of support for scaling up successful NbS

Lack of expertise in identifying funding programmes and to develop investment plans

Need for customised NbS design that is effective in compliance with legislation

Need of technical expertise to address complexity in NbS design and implementation

Lack of mechanisms to ensure appropriate allocation of landscape resources

Difficulty in securing consistent funding

Lack of cooperation between departments

Lack of cooperation between different stakeholders

Lack of strategies to implement NbS

Insufficient technical support during implementation

Insufficient current up-to-date data and analytics

Insufficient expertise or trained personnel

Complex regulatory or legal barriers

Assistance to clarify the context for integrating NbS solutions

Support for reviewing policy and regulatory frameworks and integrating NbS into the existing frameworks

Advocacy for policies changes that promote NbS adoption and funding opportunities

Assistance in identifying custom NbS designs tailored to local challenges

Support to improve stakeholder engagement in NbS co-creation (design, implementation, maintenance) ensuring fair access to green spaces and equal benefit distribution

Support to design and implement awareness campaigns to promote co-creation of NbS under legal compliance

Conducting situational analyses for implementing and monitoring customized NbS projects

Guidance for visioning future NbS development

Guidance to ensure inclusiveness during NbS design and planning

Support on establishing public-private partnership models

Support to assess and monitor air quality and pollution, including data management

Support to assess and monitor biodiversity, including data management

Support to evaluate ecosystem services and NbS effectiveness

Assistance in modelling scenarios for urban heat, climate risk, and NbS impact under various conditions

Support to set participatory and citizen science monitoring programs to engage citizens and facilitate data collection