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Our Approach

ClimaGen’s approach is built around five interconnected concepts that operate across all nine cities. These concepts support the implementation and planning of renaturing actions, build local capacity, provide scientific tools, and enable inclusive participation.

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ClimaLabs
ClimaLabs are collaborative spaces where cities and communities co-create climate-resilient solutions.
They bring together public authorities, citizens, cultural actors and youth through participatory processes. ClimaLabs strengthen local governance and long-term capacity for inclusive urban transformation.
ClimaGreens 
ClimaGreens focus on urban greening and renaturing to enhance climate resilience and well-being. They promote nature-based solutions tailored to local contexts and vulnerable neighbourhoods. ClimaGreens demonstrates how green interventions deliver environmental and social benefits.
ClimaImpact
ClimaImpact provides tools and frameworks to monitor and assess project impacts. It supports cities in measuring environmental, social and governance outcomes. ClimaImpact ensures evidence-based learning, comparison and replication.
ClimaValue
ClimaValue focuses on communication, dissemination and capacity building. It translates project results into guidance, policy insights and practical tools. ClimaValue supports uptake and long-term impact beyond the project duration.
ClimaGames
ClimaGames uses participatory and playful methods to engage diverse audiences. They support learning, dialogue and awareness around climate action. ClimaGames make complex challenges accessible and inclusive.

ClimaLabs

ClimaLabs provides local and regional collaborative governance, combining arts, culture, youth entrepreneurship, and financing mechanisms to support long-term planning. All cities run ClimaLabs to design solutions rooted in co-creation, creativity, and local narratives.

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Co-creation & citizen engagement

Custom Plans for Unique Needs

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Living labs and youth ideation workshops

Practical Tools for Everyday Financial Health

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Entrepreneurship and financing models

Real-Time Insights on Your Spending

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Local/regional stakeholder ecosystems

Manage and Reduce Your Debt Effectively

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Student workshops and youth start-up awards

Build Your Financial Future

ClimaGreens

ClimaGreens focuses on integrated renaturing measures that address climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity, circularity, health and well-being, social, cultural, and artistic perspectives, and financial and governance structures.

Circular food systems 

Torino

Soil regeneration

Trondheim, Gdańsk

Heritage-linked regeneration 

Belgrade, Gdańsk, Trondheim

Making public space more inviting and accessible 

Gdańsk, Trondheim, Belgrade, Torino, Eindhoven, Thessaloniki

Arts and culture 

Belgrade, Trondheim, Gdańsk, Cluj-Napoca

Collective ownership 

Tartu, Torino, Eindhoven

Gentrification 

Thessaloniki, Trondheim, Eindhoven

Business entrepreneurship 

Eindhoven, Gdańsk, Torino, Thessaloniki, Gernika

Capacity building

Cluj-Napoca, Gdańsk, Trondheim

Regional cooperative clusters 

Gernika, Cluj-Napoca, Trondheim

ClimaImpact

ClimaImpact develops decision-support tools by identifying impact pathways and producing the ClimaGen Impact Model. It also leads project-wide monitoring and evaluation, generating city reports.

Impact Pathways

To knowledge sharing, scaling and replication

Impact Model Definition

KPIs, monitoring procedures and assessment methods

Monitoring & Evaluation City Reports

These reports collect and summarise the cities’ M&E activities according to the Impact Model, including their results and learnings.

M&E Dialogues

for knowledge exchange

Local CDE Plans

Collection of all cities' CDE plans, mirroring the overall CDE strategy with and for local context. 

ClimaValue

ClimaValue leads project-wide communication, dissemination & exploitation (CDE) and develops:

ClimaGen Guidance Package

Collection of the project’s guidance, methods, tools, stories, good practices and Exploitable Results. 

ClimaGen Communication, Dissemination, and Exploitation Framework

The initial version defines all aspects ready for use in the project and sets up the basic communication measures such as Visual Identity, Website and Social Media.

ClimaGen Policy

Summary of the developed policy briefs, ClimaGen’s methodology for Policy and Financial Sprints, and learnings and early results from the policies development. 

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ClimaGames

ClimaGames connect all activities through participatory, gamified, citizen-science methods that enhance inclusiveness and engagement. They are implemented across five phases and involve youth, partners, and local communities.

Find out how

ClimaGen helps cities.

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Belgrade, Serbia

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Gdańsk, Poland

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Tartu, Estonia

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Torino, Italy

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Trondheim, Norway

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Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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Gernika, Spain

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Thessaloniki, Greece

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