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Description
There will be a fieldtrip to provide the representatives of Estonian municipalities with numerous examples on how to make the local environment more green (green roofs, the reopening of rivers, urban farming, tracking of various environmental indicators, nature-based solutions).
Summary of the results
The fieldtrip provided the representatives of Estonian municipalities with numerous examples on how to make the local environment more green. Among others, we saw examples of green roofs, the reopening of rivers, and urban farming. The city also impressed with how well various environmental indicators are being tracked, for example all large trees were documented together with their CO2 removing potential. The conversations with the local representatives were inspiring with their vast knowledge of possible solutions that do not always need to be very costly or done at a massive scale but could rather be implemented at a relatively low cost locally. For that, however, it is needed that the different bodies of the city work together and share common goals as we saw. Seeing nature-based solutions implemented in an urban environment really demonstrated how such solutions do not just benefit climate and biodiversity but also the people that live and move around these cities.