Urbanome Project

19/12/2025

🎄 Season's Greetings from the Urbanome Project Team!

Wishing you joy, warmth, and happiness this holiday season and a bright New Year ahead! 🎄

21/07/2025

It happened indeed!

The URBANOME Final Conference successfully took place on July 7–8, 2025, in Thessaloniki, and what a milestone it was! After four years of dedicated work, research, and collaboration across Europe, our consortium came together one last time — not just to wrap up a project, but to celebrate a vision: healthier, more equitable, and sustainable cities for all.

It happened indeed! The URBANOME Final Conference successfully took place on July 7–8, 2025, in Thessaloniki, and what a milestone it was! After four years of dedicated work, research, and collaboration across Europe, our consortium came together one last time — not just to wrap up a project, bu...

05/06/2025

🌍 World Environment Day 2025

This year’s theme, , calls on us all to rethink our habits and push for cleaner, healthier environments.

At URBANOME, we support urban policies that put people and the planet first. Let’s commit to reducing plastic waste—for our cities, our health, and our future.

28/05/2025

Welcome to the 5th URBANOME Newsletter!

This issue takes you inside the Urban Living Labs—from park redesigns in Thessaloniki to musical school squares in Milan and cycling revolutions in Ljubljana. Get inspired by stories of real people shaping real change—and find out how participatory planning is rewriting the urban rulebook, one street at a time.

15/04/2025

🌼 Happy Easter from the Team! 🌿

Wishing you a season of renewal, health, and inspiration as we keep working towards greener, healthier cities for all.

13/06/2024

🌍🚦 Europe’s Air Quality Status 2024 🌬️🫁

https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/europes-air-quality-status-2024

Air pollution remains the largest environmental health risk in Europe, causing serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, reducing quality of life, and leading to preventable deaths. Despite ongoing improvements, 96% of the EU’s urban population still faces unsafe levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

Key messages:
1️⃣ Overall air quality is improving, but EU standards are still unmet across Europe.
2️⃣ 96% of the EU’s urban population is exposed to dangerous PM2.5 levels.
3️⃣ New, more ambitious EU air quality standards are set to be introduced by 2030.

At URBANOME, we are committed to addressing these challenges. Our 4-year H2020 project focuses on the intersections of climate, environment, health, and wellbeing in urban settings. We aim to build a comprehensive EU framework to evaluate multi-sector policies, supporting the WHO’s “Health in all Policies” approach.

Join us in our mission to create healthier urban environments for all! 🌿🏙️

Air pollution is Europe’s largest environmental health risk, causing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases that impact health, reduce quality of life and cause preventable deaths. This briefing presents the status of regulated pollutants in ambient air in 2022 and 2023 in relation to current EU ...

22/04/2024

🌍 Happy Earth Day 2024! 🌱 Today, as we celebrate our planet, let's remember the urgent need to protect it. URBANOME is proud to contribute to this mission by focusing on research areas crucial to the health of our cities and their residents. Our project is dedicated to understanding the intricate connections between climate, environment, and human wellbeing in urban settings. By building a common EU framework, we aim to evaluate multi-sector policies comprehensively, aligning with WHO's "Health in all Policies" approach. Together, let's work towards a sustainable future where cities thrive in harmony with nature. 🌿 🌍

29/03/2024

May your Easter be filled with the joy of the resurrection, the warmth of family, and the blessings of love and peace.

Wishing you a truly happy and blessed Easter celebration!

08/03/2024

🎉 Happy International Women's Day! 🌸✨ Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and achievements of women worldwide. Here's to breaking barriers and creating a more inclusive future. 💪💖 🚀🌍