How BURST, with the expert support of the Metropolitan Research Institute (MRI), is building the evidence architecture of the Energy2Act project in Cesena — and
At the UPSURGE project’s final conference on 6 February 2026, several Hungarian initiatives focusing on Nature‑Based Solutions took the stage. Key topics such as water
A conversation with Gábor Soóki-Tóth, housing and urban-development expert, on why affordable housing is now a European question — and what it takes to make
Universities, public administration employees, small and medium-sized enterprises, experts, and the general public — join the course designed just for you. As part of the
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) did not begin as the strategic framework we know today. When Howard Bowen introduced the term in 1953 in Social Responsibilities
Nature not only provides unbelievable benefits for our physical and mental health, but also offers cheap and aesthetic solutions to develop our cities and reshape
Biosphere reserves (BRs) are internationally recognized “learning places for sustainable development,” where conservation and human activity coexist in a balanced way. They serve as living
In cities, climate change creates key challenges but for which our old friends, nature-based solutions offer an effective, sustainable and aesthetically pleasing solution. However, these
In most of our articles, we focus on projects that are European in scale, or at the very least, concentrate on multiple European countries. But
’City-centered approach to catalyze nature-based solutions through the EU Regenerative Urban Lighthouse for pollution alleviation and regenerative development’, or UPSURGE for its friends, is a
Achieving carbon neutrality is not only a key challenge for humanity, but a target for the EU to be achieved by 2050. Our project, Aligning
This month, we will focus on an Interreg Central Europe we work on, ReBuilt. The construction sector is one of the main contributors to climate
This month, we wanted to highlight another Interreg Europe we are part of, this time led by the Province of Potenza in Italy: CiBioGo, or
An Interreg Europe Project to Mainstream Nature-Based Solutions NBS4LOCAL, an Interreg Europe project that BURST is part of, has reached a major milestone recently. This
The cost of housing is increasingly becoming a significant issue in all major European cities. Budapest, where BURST is based, however, is especially hard hit
Flash floods and other extreme precipitation events are increasingly affecting municipalities across Europe, who are increasingly adopting nature-based solutions (NBS) to address the problem. This
According to the International Union for Nature Conservation itself, which launched the very concept of nature-based solutions, agriculture is the most important issue and the
The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union for the period 2023-2027 offers an opportunity to make agriculture greener, more fair, more sustainable
How the EU is Legislating for Nature Restoration in Cities? In the last couple of years, increased attention has been paid to environmental challenges in
Unexpected and dramatic precipitation events become everyday struggles as the effects of climate change can be felt more and more on our skin. Managing the