The London Climate Change Partnership, in partnership with the MESH climate services network, organized this online event during London Climate Action Week about green infrastructure to promote health, well-being, and climate resilience in indoor and outdoor building environments.
With everyone talking about the importance of green space for health and especially in light of COVID-19 (but precious little about specifics and practical solutions), we want to promote the practical learning from projects that could point to specifics of how to use greening for health, well-being, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
We also explored opportunities to support implementation of green space for people and nature – including through innovative funding mechanisms.
View the agenda here.
Watch a recording of the event here.
Talks:
Biophilia and the Built Environment, Flavie Lowres, BRE
Mitigating the climate and ecological crisis in the urban environment, Robert Winch, UKGBC
Green Roof Shelters: connecting people to nature through everyday structures, John Little, Duncan Kramer, Green Roof Shelters
Greening for air quality in schools – implementation & strategies: Joe Clancy, WSP
A new framework for green infrastructure implementation: Prof. Prashant Kumar, Surrey University
Highlights from around the MESH network: Briony Turner, Space4Climate, MESH
Further resources identified by participants and speakers are listed here.