The webinar featured short, focused presentations combined with practical insights, offering participants a comprehensive overview of how nature-based solutions can be effectively implemented at the municipal level. Speakers presented concrete steps and good practices for integrating green and blue infrastructure into local planning processes, highlighting both strategic and operational considerations.
At the event, experts shared insights on urban resilience and nature-based solutions. Topics included lessons from the Localience project, featuring an extreme weather catalog and a municipal preparedness self-assessment tool. The GreenScape CE project highlighted steps and best practices for implementing nature-based solutions in towns. Finally, discussions focused on integrating green-blue infrastructure into municipalities and identifying where such solutions are most effective.
During the event, a representative of the Reflex Environmental Association presented the main phases of the Ready4Heat project. The presentation outlined the project’s pilot actions, shared lessons learned from implementation, and introduced the policy briefs developed based on the project’s results.
The organizers specifically recommended the webinar to professionals working in local governments, urban planning, policymaking, and civil society organizations who are engaged in climate adaptation, green space development, and strengthening urban resilience.
The strong attendance and active participation demonstrated the growing interest in practical, locally applicable climate solutions and the importance of knowledge-sharing platforms that connect policy, planning, and on-the-ground experience.
Program schedule
Welcome
3*20-minute presentations:
- Extreme weather catalog and municipal preparedness self-assessment tool: lessons learned from the Localience project – Petra Csizmadia, Project Manager, Ministry of Public Administration and Regional Development, Municipal Project Coordination Department
- Nature-based solutions in municipalities – implementation steps and best practices, results of the GreenScape CE project – Zsófia Pej, adaptation expert, Energiaklub Policy Institute
- Green-blue infrastructure in settlements: where and how can we find a place for nature-based solutions? – Dr. Vilja Vaszócsik, landscape architect, ITI Hungary Kft.
Invited speakers (2*5-10 minutes):
Bea Lugosi (Reflex Environmental Protection Association) – experiences related to the Ready4Heat project
Bianka Hévizi (Szeged MJV Local Government) – climate-adaptive green spaces in Szeged.
Download the Ready4Heat Results Presentation (PDF) in Hungarian here.