Session

As climate change accelerates, cities face mounting pressures from extreme weather, rising temperatures, and rapid urbanization that threaten their livability and resilience. This track explores innovative adaptation strategies for urban and metropolitan areas, emphasizing nature-based solutions, urban design interventions, and disaster risk reduction. Key topics include mitigating urban heat islands, enhancing biodiversity, improving water management, and strengthening social and institutional capacity to respond to climate risks. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and the integration of ecological, social, and technological perspectives, the session examines cutting-edge frameworks, real-world case studies, and policy-driven approaches that bridge research and implementation, fostering climate-responsive urban environments capable of addressing future challenges sustainably and adaptively.

Presentations:

• 049 Miciuliene Ieva, Regional convergence toward low-carbon and just development: insights from a systematic literature review

• 188 Chen Yi, Beyond Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A Practical Co-design Process to Integrate Nature-Based Solutions in Bolzano Sud

Digital posters:

• 071 Aguzzoni Agnese, From plastic use in agriculture to climate change: the research project ClimOO

• 237 Bertolami Irene, Food Forests in Italy: state of the art and emerging opportunities