eLTER H2020

The mission of eLTER is to facilitate high impact research and catalyse new insights about the compounded impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, pollution, and unsustainable resource use on a range of European ecosystems and socio-ecological systems, representing the “critical zone” in which we live. With our distributed physical infrastructure and scientific expertise, we aspire to provide Europe and the world with the scientific capacity to improve our understanding of terrestrial, freshwater, and transitional water ecosystems. Combined with our socio-ecological approach to studying integrated human-nature systems and our commitment to integrating stakeholder knowledge, we provide a solid foundation to inform evidence-based policy making and management solutions for addressing current and emerging environmental challenges.

Eurpoean Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF)

The European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) is a unique meeting place for practitioners, policy-makers, managers, educators and scientists who are active in urban forestry, urban greening and green infrastructure.

East Asia-Pacific LTER

The ILTER-EAP has been acting to develop networks of LTER science, promote data sharing, enhance research collaborations and building capacity between research groups and networks, and bridge gaps between societal needs and scientific imperatives on concerns in the East Asia and Pacific region.

Connecting Nature

Connecting Nature, a project on nature-based solutions is aimed at examining how society perceives wild spaces in cities.

CLEARING HOUSE

CLEARING HOUSE is a Sino-European project that aims to use trees as a means to improve urban living.

CitiesWithNature (ICLEI)

CitiesWithNature is a unique initiative that recognizes and enhances the value of nature in and around cities across the world. It provides a shared platform for cities and their partners to engage and connect, working with shared commitment towards a more sustainable urban world.

Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

China’s first comprehensive institution focused on eco-environmental science and technology.

African Centre for Cities (ACC)

An interdisciplinary research and teaching programme focused on the dynamics of unsustainable urbanisation processes in Africa, with an eye on identifying systemic responses.

Website: ACC

Point of Contact: Pippin Anderson

Beyond the Academy

An international network of sustainability researchers working to overcome institutional barriers to applied interdisciplinary research in universities.

Website: Beyond the Academy

Point of Contact: Bonnie Keeler – keel0041@umn.edu

Swinburne University Centre for Urban Transitions

Investigates innovative planning and governance strategies for sustainable, equitable, and healthy cities.

Point of Contact: Niki Frantzeskaki – nfrantzeskaki@swin.edu.au