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Bluegreen nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and citizen wellbeing
City Blues
Henrietta Soininen

City Blues

PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
2 Water-smart societies
objective
2.1 Sustainable waters
Project type
Core Project
Implementation
November 2023 - October 2026
Technical details
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City Blues

In the project City Blues, cities develop plans for their urban waters and green areas to better respond to the negative effects of climate change, like floods and pollution, and create liveable areas for people at the same time.
Making the use of nature-based solutions mainstream

Growing cities are facing negative effects of climate change, such as biodiversity loss, increased flooding, erosion of the stream banks, and pollution from the stormwater runoff. While the situation has been identified, many cities find it difficult to embark on a path of change.

In City Blues, we create a web-based tool for the cities which brings together our experiences and best practices on how to use nature-based solutions (NBS) and catchment-based approach for urban flooding and stormwater management. We describe the different stages from financing and planning to implementation, maintenance, and monitoring. We focus also on how to involve stakeholders in this work.

During the project, we design and implement five different pilots in Aarhus, Malmö, Stavanger, Tampere, and Tartu. We share our learnings in transnational workshops and other events and add them to the online tool.

Using nature-based solutions in stormwater management brings other benefits as well, like better living environment with more species. We want to make the use of NBS and watershed-based thinking mainstream.

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Budgets

City Blues
in numbers.
  • 2.95
    Million
    Total
  • 2.01
    Million
    Erdf
  • 0.22
    Million
    Norway

Top news

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Welcome to our NBS conference in Aarhus
Welcome to City Blues' conference on 25-26 September 2025 in Aarhus, Denmark to learn how ...

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Study visit to the pilot site in Tampere
On 22 May 2025, City Blues showcased how the City of Tampere is preparing for the consequences of ...

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City Blues supports nature and human wellbeing with nature-based solutions
As cities expand and densify and climate change affects precipitation patterns and increase extreme ...

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Two reports out: multi-risk modelling activities and measuring the success of NBS implementation stages
The second and third City Blues reports have been published on the project website.
Henrietta Soininen
45 Benefitting organisations 1 Solution(s) in preparation 1 Solution(s) plannedfor use / upscale 5 Pilotactivities 17 Organisationsin the project

City Blues
in numbers.

  • 61.500397123.7601795
  • 55.5982502513.007463506209552
  • 58.379894726.7224985
  • 58.93746095.697361
  • 52.491545913.300957
  • 59.394974124.66761888709302
  • 56.149627810.2134046

Project partners

Lead partnerCity of Tampere
  • Town
    Tampere
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Pirkanmaa
Total partner budget
598,500.00
City of Malmö
  • Town
    Malmö
  • Region
  • Country
    Sweden
  • Region
    Skåne län
Total partner budget
373,650.00
City of Tartu
  • Town
    Tartu
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Lõuna-Eesti
Total partner budget
499,610.00
University of Stavanger
  • Town
    Stavanger
  • Region
  • Country
    Norway
  • Region
    Agder
Total partner budget
437,330.00
Berlin Centre of Competence for Water gGmbH
  • Town
    Berlin
  • Region
  • Country
    Germany
  • Region
    Berlin
Total partner budget
416,870.00
Tallinn University of Technology
  • Town
    Tallinn
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Põhja-Eesti
Total partner budget
228,480.00
Aarhus Municipality
  • Town
    Aarhus
  • Region
  • Country
    Denmark
  • Region
    Østjylland
Total partner budget
399,450.00

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