Joint organiser: Territorial Development Unit of the Joint Research Centre (JRC.B.3)

Discussing the findings of the EUKN study ‘The New Leipzig Charter and the JRC’s Urban Activities’, this Policy Lab also reflected on the role of science for post-2020 policy.

The EUKN study investigated the ongoing role of the JRC, the Commission’s science and knowledge service, in supporting urban policy-making within the framework for sustainable urban development proposed by the New Leipzig Charter. More broadly, it identified gaps and opportunities within the wider EU urban science-policy interface.

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Urban Voices

Dr. Lorenzo Chelleri on… Urban Planning for Resilience...

Dr. Lorenzo Chelleri on…...

Dr. Lorenzo Chelleri on… Urban Planning for Resilience

Dr. Lorenzo Chelleri outlines his vision of how urban planning relates to building resilience from definitions to tools and the link to climate mitigation and adaption.

The opportunities of shrinking cities on a road toward urban resilience: Martin Grisel
Urban Voices

Martin Grisel on… the opportunities of shrinking cities on a road toward u...

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Martin Grisel on… the opportunities of shrinking cities on a road toward urban resilience

The EUKN Director, Martin Grisel, describes cities' and policies' potential responses to the phenomenon of shrinking cities.

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CONEXUS Factsheet: Integrating intersectionality into urban NbS...

CONEXUS Factsheet: Integrating...

CONEXUS Factsheet: Integrating intersectionality into urban NbS

As part of the CONEXUS project, the EUKN contributed to this factsheet that provides a framework to address socio-environmental inequities through intersectionality.