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Urban sprawl and increase in the residential density deepen the effects of climate change over the cities, compared to the peri-urban areas. The urban protected areas are nature-based solutions which are not approached at the administrative level in Romania, although 50% of its inhabitants live now in urban areas and it is foreseen that this ratio will increase to 70% in 2050. The cities need nature and biodiversity in order to alleviate the effects of climate change. European Green deal dedicate a whole section to biodiversity protection as climate action and calls for measures to increase biodiversity in urban areas and the proposals for green European cities. In Romania a law project has been initiated in December 2019 which opens the way to establishment of urban protected areas and introduces the rule for the municipalities to develop and implement urban biodiversity strategies. Our project aims to push the approval of this law in the Romanian parliament, through a lobby and advocacy campaign planned with the support of our partners from Funky Citizens, and to support its implementation together with our partners in other cities. We aim to ensure the implementation of this law through the identification, assessment and submission of proposals for new urban protected areas, with the support of 10 partners in Bucharest and in other cities. We shall support our partners with training, mentorship and organization development tools delivered by experienced organizations acting in civic activism and system change, as Funky Citizens and Ashoka and also with support in local campaigns to promote the identified urban protected areas. All partners will form a coalition for the establishment of the first national urban protected areas network. We aim to bring the wide public closer to nature in cities through a thematic events program and a web platform that will ultimately become an online hub of the urban nature and biodiversity’ supporters.