Climate Suitcases Unpacked: Engaging Dordrecht’s Youngest Citizen Scientists
Climate Suitcases Unpacked: Engaging Dordrecht’s Youngest Citizen Scientists Life Critical is grounded in a simple belief: cities become truly climate-resilient only when…
World Cities Day 2025: How data can amplify – rather than replace – community voices
World Cities Day 2025: How data can amplify – rather than replace – community voices The 2025 World Cities Day theme, ‘People-centred…
Bradford’s Community-Led Path to Climate Resilience: Learning Through the Life Critical Project
Bradford (UK) joined the EU-funded Life Critical in 2019 as the first replication city to build on the citizen-first climate adaptation approaches pioneered in Dordrecht (NL). In this article, Saira Ali from Bradford Council shares her team’s insights on implementing Life Critical in Bradford and offers advice for other cities seeking to transform their parks into resilient community spaces.
How Dordrecht is shaping the future of flood-resilient cities
As climate change accelerates, cities worldwide are grappling with more frequent and destructive floods. For many, the question is how to adapt quickly and effectively.
A Decade of Transformation: Climate Adaptation in Dordrecht’s Wielwijk Neighborhood
The Wielwijk neighbourhood in Dordrecht has undergone a remarkable transformation since 2010, showcasing the power of climate-adaptive measures to create greener, healthier urban spaces.
Co-Designing Climate-Resilient & Inclusive Neighbourhoods at Placemaking Europe
What if the neighbourhoods we live in were designed not only by architects but by the very communities they serve?
Empowering Communities: Lessons from LIFE CRITICAL’s Citizen Science Approach
Community engagement is a cornerstone of effective climate adaptation strategies, ensuring that adaptation efforts not only address environmental needs but also reflect the lived experiences and priorities of the community.
Assessing the Impacts: Lessons from LIFE CRITICAL’s Monitoring Approach
Monitoring plays a critical role in the success of climate adaptation projects. It is through detailed and continuous data collection that we can measure the real-world impact of adaptation measures on the environment, refine our approaches, and build trust among stakeholders.
Building Climate Resilience: Lessons from LIFE CRITICAL’s Blue-Green Infrastructure Approach
As cities are confronted with the escalating impacts of climate change, strategic climate adaptation has become more crucial than ever.
New LIFE CRITICAL Reports: Practical Tools for Climate Resilience in Urban Areas
We’re delighted to announce the publication of new resources to support our goals of driving climate resilience in urban areas beyond our study sites and across Europe.
Embracing Urban Biodiversity: An Interview with City Ecologist Sjoerd-Dirk Fiaschi-van Der Est
Insights from Dordrecht’s city ecologist on incorporating biodiversity into urban regeneration and climate adaptation.
All of Wielwijk Meets: Citizen Scientists in Action
In conversation with Mr Marco Aarts, citizen scientist in Wielwijk, Dordrecht.