UT-UBGI Team
The UT-UBGI Project Team / © G. Weichert, UFZ

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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ

SUBT is responsible for the project coordination and brings expertise in nature-based water treatment solutions, wastewater management tools, and urban infrastructure planning technologies.

Contact persons:

Dr. Jan Friesen  

Snigdha Dev Roy


UPOL and SUSOZ are responsible for conflict analysis, narrative development and dissemination through citizen integration, workshops, interviews, and policy briefs.

Contact persons:

Dr. Josef Kaiser (UPOL/SUSOZ)

Prof. Dr. Sina Leipold (UPOL)

Dr. Annegret Haase (SUSOZ)



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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - KIT

IIP is responsible for developing and integrating namares with urban microclimate simulation platform PALM-4U, to assess climate adaptation and enable data-driven decision-making for urban planning and UBGI evaluation.

Contact persons:

Dr.-Ing. Justus Steins

Niklas Braun

Janik Maurice Unterlöhner


ITAS is responsible for investigating ecosystem service trade-offs in urban trees and brings expertise in tree ecophysiology, irrigation experiments, and advanced sensor technologies.

Contact persons:

Dr. rer. nat. Somidh Saha

Katrin Fröhlich



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Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon

GERICS contributes with expertise in urban climate modeling using PALM-4U and in the joint development of practical tools with namares.

Contact persons:

Dr. Claas Teichmann

Dr. Irem Isik-Cetin