CBCCBC-Mail CBCCBC-Linkedin
Project
Urban Natural Assets for Africa
Embedding and sharing for scaled impact
Project
Urban Natural Assets for Africa
Embedding and sharing for scaled impact
Over the last decade, 11 African cities have been involved in different phases of the Urban Natural Assets (UNA) programme. The focus in 2025 has been on bringing these cities together, leveraging and building on the work done over the last 10 years to advance transformative trajectories, scale learnings and build urban resilience. Urban Natural Assets for Africa: Embedding and sharing for scaled impact is supplementing the work initiated in UNA Resilience and Restoration for Life, namely to transform development trajectories for African cities towards those that improve sustainable development of, and interconnectedness with, their surrounding natural systems along three interlinked urban pillars (governance, planning and finance).

By facilitating immersive learning workshops, peer exchanges and working sessions, all grounded in the challenges and opportunities of implementing Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in urban African contexts, Urban Natural Assets for Africa: Embedding and sharing for scaled impact blends reflection, technical learning and real-world exposure, strengthening both individual and collective capacity to integrate nature-based approaches into urban planning and policy. The project is building urban resilience, sufficient agency and momentum for an unfolding process of transformative change.

Through the generous funding of SwedBio, the 10 year UNA programme supports African cities to deepen knowledge of NbS and urban resilience, foster collaboration across the UNA network and equip cities with practical tools and partnerships to advance nature-based resilience efforts.