In January 2024, we launched a new project under the Horizon Europe Programme Climate, Energy, and Mobility. FuturHist aims to develop replicable retrofit solutions for historic buildings of the future. The project’s ambition is to shift the focus from individual buildings to building typologies. It will help create a more sustainable and energy-efficient built environment while preserving historic structures.

On November 7–8, 2023, the River in the City conference was held in Warsaw, summarizing the two-year project Urban River Valleys Ecosystems. The event was an opportunity to disseminate good practices and experiences collected during the project implementation.

On 14 September 2023, the last co-design workshop for the CLEARING HOUSE project took place. It aimed to discuss the relevance and methods of green space surveys. Like the previous meeting, this one also dealt with river parks. This time, however, the focus was on residents’ perceptions of the Drwinka River Park. Representatives of municipal units, municipal companies, non-governmental organizations, and university academics attended the meeting.

We are starting the implementation of a two-year project called Urban Biodiversity Refuges, under which we will work on changing the approach of officials and decision-makers to urban nature and equipping them with the necessary knowledge, skills and tools to make such a change possible.

Book of Abstracts presents all of the presentations and posters at the 25th edition of the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), which is being held for the first time in Poland.

More information can be found on the project website: https://efuf.org/

Our newest publication, edited by Tomasz Jeleński, is now ready for download. It is a comprehensive guide that explains and presents the wide range of possible solutions (technologies and materials) to be implemented in each building element to minimise its environmental impact.

From February 2022 till January 2024, we realised the project Urban River Valleys Ecosystems. The potential of ecosystem services in anthropogenic climate change mitigation. In collaboration with Phronesis SA in Oslo, we were raising awareness of the river valley ecosystems’ value for life quality and climate change mitigation in cities.

Project realised from January 2022 till April 2024. It aimed to deepen the knowledge of primary school students and teachers about the role of blue-green infrastructure in adapting to climate change. In partnership with the Warsaw – Wawer District Office and PS Paaby Prosess – Edu_Action from Norway, we created an education centre for the people in the city.

In partnership with the Leśna Commune and the consulting company COWI from Norway, in December 2021, we launched a two-year project to develop and implement nature-based solutions that will help cope with drought and flooding.

On October 13-14, 2021, the second workshop on the protection of River Parks took place in Krakow. The event was part of the Clearing House project and was prepared by the Sendzimir Foundation in cooperation with the project partner, the Kraków Municipal Greenspace Authority.

We are starting to realise a new project funded by the Horizon 2020 program that aims to create local policies supporting European cities and municipalities in adapting to climate change and mitigating its effects.

Sendzimir Foundation and the Croatia Green Building Council are organizing a two-steps training program (online course followed by the stationary training) as a part of the “Climate Mitigation in Heritage Buildings” project. The application deadline is 3^rd October.