Nature-based solutions (NBS) are considered effective approaches to addressing the impacts of climate change, particularly in German cities where heat and drought are increasing.

The BGCC project aims to support smaller German cities with 100,000 to 300,000 inhabitants in implementing blue-green infrastructure.

It offers coaching for municipal decision-makers to develop science-based strategies. Potentials and limitations are identified and overcome with the help of the project team's social science, legal, and urban water management expertise. A total of ten municipalities will receive intensive support from approximately mid-2025 to the end of 2027.

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BlueGreen infrastructures have already been successfully investigated on a pilotscale in Phase I of the project and introduced in the co-design process in the preliminary planning process of the new "Eutritzscher Freiladebahnhof" (L416) neighbourhood. In the process, valuable communication structures were established, which are to be further deepened in phase 2 in the context of the now upcoming redevelopment of the existing housing stock of the Leipziger Wohnungsbaugesellschaft (LWB) as a model in the so-called "Kolonnadenviertel". At the same time, the project consortium optimised the planning and decision-making processes of urban development planning for the city as a whole and thus made them permanent.