COOLSCHOOLS

COOLSCHOOLS (March 2022-Feb 2025) is a transdisciplinary applied-research project aiming to analyze the multiple co-benefits of implementing nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate adaptation, or what we call nature-based climate shelters in school environments. We will explore how these interventions can act as drivers of transformation at larger urban scales through an approach that puts at the center the needs and views of children and youth.

Our conceptual framework proposes and advances nature-based climate shelters as innovative strategies for urban climate adaptation focusing on school environments. It goes beyond the idea of locally confined, safe cooling centers with air conditioning; instead, our approach leverages the multiple co-benefits of nature-based solutions (NbS) in order to achieve enhanced community health and well-being.

We study the different capacities and impacts resulting from the implementation of nature-based climate shelters in school environments from the perspectives of social justice, biodiversity conservation, public health, safety, inclusive governance and quality education from schools to the metropolitan region.

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