Concluding the GREEN SURGE project, the conference "Urban Green Infrastructure - Connecting People and Nature for Sustainable Cities" is taking place in ICLEI Member City Malmö on 20 and 21 September 2017. The conference will share the insights from the GREEN SURGE project and the tools developed to support urban planners and managers. The two day conference will be a platform for researchers, decision-makers, planners, and practitioners to express ideas, experiences and expectations related to effective applications, emerging opportunities and future challenges of nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development.

Over the last four years the GREEN SURGE project has identified, developed and tested ways of linking green spaces, biodiversity, people and the green economy in order to meet major urban challenges related to land use conflicts, climate change adaptation, demographic changes, and human health and wellbeing. The projects results are vital for urban planners and managers to take full advantage of the potential of nature-based solutions in solving some of these challenges.

The conference will feature keynote speakers Gil Penalosa (Founder of 8 80 Cities), Cathy Oke (Melbourne City), Cecil K.van den Bosch (professor at UBC, Vancouver CA) and Maria Yeroyanni from the European Commission. Registration for the conference will close on 1 September.

For more information and registration, visit the conference website or contact the conference secretariat: greensurge@iclei.org