Nature-Based Solutions and Buildings – The Power of Surfaces to Help Cities Adapt to Climate Change and to Deliver Biodiversity

By 2020, according to United Nations and European Union reports, 75% of Europe’s population will be living in cities – that’s around 365 million citizens. The majority of our cities are hot, dry, polluted and impermeable and increasingly densely populated. The pressure for new development means hard, impermeable surfaces are replacing urban green space and natural habitats. At the same time, climate change is bringing more frequent and extreme weather events such as summer storms, flash flooding and heatwaves.