From 18–22 May 2026, more than 650 researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students gathered in Prague for the 6th European Conference of the Ecosystem Services Partnership 🔗 (ESP Europe 2026), hosted by the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CzechGlobe 🔗) in collaboration with the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) and partner institutions. ... Continue Reading →
Beskydy Workshop 2024: Exploring Transformative Perspectives on Nature-Based Governance
The Beskydy Workshop 2024, held from September 24–26 at Hotel Horal in Velké Karlovice, focused on the theme of "Nature-Based Governance: Coevolutionary and Transformative Perspectives on the Biodiversity and Climate Crises." This scientific gathering brought together researchers and practitioners to explore nature-based governance (NBG) from a coevolutionary and co-creative perspective by responding to people's and... Continue Reading →
Heat vulnerability scenarios to support adaptation efforts in cities
In 2022, Czech Globe in cooperation with the Institute of Informatics of the CAS completed the project "Adaptation challenges of cities: supporting sustainable planning using integrated vulnerability analysis", supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. The project has developed an integrated methodology for assessing the vulnerability to future temperature extremes in cities, which... Continue Reading →
Public support for urban climate adaptation policy through nature-based solutions
The impacts of climate change on urban life require response in terms of adaptation planning. We investigated perceptions of and economic preferences for urban climate adaptation through nature-based solutions (NBS) in Prague and found that: (i) increased use of NBS is likely to generate significant economic public value; (ii) people perceive the species diversity of the NBS measures positively; (iii) NBS implemented in...











