UNU-IAS will organize an event at the 7th Capacity-building Hub of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP30). Held on the Nature-Based Solutions Day as part of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB), the session will discuss how traditional green spaces, citizen participation and youth driven co-creation can shape new models of urban resilience and decarbonization.
Drawing on the Sustainable Urban Nature (SUN) project implemented by UNU-IAS Operating Unit Kanazawa/Ishikawa (OUIK), the event will highlight Kanazawa City’s long tradition of integrating gardens and green corridors into city life, demonstrating how traditional ecological knowledge and participatory design can inform Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) that are inclusive, culturally grounded and adaptive to climate challenges. It will feature presentations by high school students on youth-led innovations that promote walkable, inclusive and low-carbon cities, and engage participants in a co-creation exercise to imagine their own “Nature-based Future City”.
Participation
This event is open to attendees of COP30. More details will be added to this page as they become available.
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Language
This event will be held in English.
Organizers
The session will be co-organized by UNU-IAS.
