Rapid urbanisation coupled with climate change poses unprecedented challenges for cities worldwide. Urban areas face increasing strain on infrastructure, exacerbating environmental degradation and social inequality. Traditional solutions often overlook community needs, leading to ineffective urban revitalisation efforts. In this context, the EU-funded URBREATH project will integrate nature-based solutions (NBS) and community engagement to transform urban landscapes for resilience and climate neutrality. Advanced technologies like local digital twins and AI drive its innovative approach, with four key phases: inception, development, piloting, and transition. Front Runner Cities across different climatic zones lead the way in implementing NBS, while Follower Cities stand ready to replicate successes. URBREATH not only revitalises cities but also fosters social inclusion.

URBREATH vision is to develop, implement, demonstrate, validate and replicate a comprehensive, community participation and NBS-driven urban revitalisation, resilience and climate neutrality paradigm that will ultimately radically enhance the social interactions, inclusion, equitability and liveability in cities. Specifically, the aim of the URBREATH project is to implement hybrid/Natural Base Solutions putting at the heart of the decision-making process the communities within a city. Advanced techniques, particularly Local Digital Twins and AI, and social innovation will facilitate the achievement of its vision. The project will have four phases: 1. Inception, 2. Development, 3. Piloting, 4. Transition. The preliminary results of a single Phase are evaluated within the following Phase so to allow for feedback before releasing the final version. The Inception phase will define the methodology to be followed for the project development and will deliver the project functional and technical requirements. The second phase will release the URBREATH technical framework, consisting of tools to manage the whole data value chain and to support end-users to collaborate on the design and creation of NBS to be used in the city/district. It will be used to monitor and take decisions on the NBS to be implemented/deployed in the Piloting phase (evidence-based decision making), that involves 4 Front Runner Cities in 4 different climatic zones: Cluj-Napoca (RO - Continental), Leuven (BE – Atlantic), Madrid (ES – Mediterranean), and Tallin (EE – Boreal).
During the Transition phase, all the information, results and lessons learnt from the previous steps will be collected and analysed to provide recommendations and foster replication activities and the uptake of project outputs at the end of its lifespan. To this aim, 5 Follower Cities are involved: Aarhus (DK), Athens (EL), Kajaani (FI), Parma (IT), Pilsen (CZ), linked to the Front Runners for climatic zone and/or dimension.

Coordinator: THE LISBON COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ASBL (BE);
Partners: 
POLITECNICO DI MILANO (IT);
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV (DE);
TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL  (ES); 
EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON  (GR);
VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V. (BE);
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID (ES);
KAJAANIN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY (FI);
VLAAMSE GEWEST  (BE);
ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA (IT);
DEDA NEXT SRL (IT);
ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER ANONYMI VIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI KAI TECHNIKI ETAIREIA EFARMOGON YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS (GR);
virtualcitySYSTEMS GmbH (DE);
URBASOFIA SRL  (RO);
DIADIKASIA BUSINESS CONSULTING SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON AE (GR);
LATITUDO 40 SRL  (IT);
FORENINGEN BLOXHUB (DK);
TELESTO TECHNOLOGIES PLIROFORIKIS KAI EPIKOINONION EPE  (GR);
EXUS SOFTWARE MONOPROSOPI ETAIRIA PERIORISMENIS EVTHINIS (GR);
OPEN & AGILE SMART CITIES (BE);
KLIMA-BUNDNIS DER EUROPAISCHEN STADTE MIT INDIGENEN VOLKERN DER REGENWALDER / ALIANZA DEL CLIMA EV (DE);
FUNDACION PARA LA INVESTIGACION DEL CLIMA  (ES);
TRAZA CONSULTORÍA, S.L.L. (ES);
BASURAMA ASOCIACION  (ES);
DARK MATTER LABORATORIES BV  (NL); 
AYUNTAMIENTO DE MADRID (ES); 
STAD LEUVEN (BE); 
TALLINNA LINN (ES); 
MUNICIPIUL CLUJ-NAPOCA (RO);
COMUNE DI PARMA  (IT);
ANAPLASI DIMOSION CHORON ANONYMI ETAIREIA (GR);
AARHUS KOMMUNE (DK);
SPRAVA INFORMACNICH TECHNOLOGII MESTA PLZNE, PRISPEVKOVA ORGANIZACE (CZ);
KAJAANIN KAUPUNKI (FI);
UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART (DE);
MUNICIPIA SPA (IT);

URBREATH seeks to develop, implement, and replicate a comprehensive urban revitalisation model that enhances resilience, promotes climate neutrality, and improves social inclusion and liveability in European cities. By placing communities at the heart of decision-making, the project aims to foster systemic transformations that address environmental challenges and social inequalities