NbS Financing Pitch & Match – #3 Urban Green Infrastructures for Wellbeing
March 26, 2026 | Events
📅29 April 2026, 09:30-10:30
📍Online
Join us for the next session in our “NbS Financing Pitch & Match” series, a webinar series by Invest4Nature dedicated to unlocking funding opportunities for nature‑based solutions (NbS). The format brings together real NbS initiatives seeking financing and representatives from the investment sector offering advice and feedback for the city to secure funding. Get some practical inspiration for implementing your own NbS across Europe!
In this edition
This session highlights an NbS case pitch from Katowice, Poland: a therapeutic green pavilion designed to support the wellbeing of patients, staff, and visitors at a psychiatric centre. The initiative proposes a green-roof pavilion with vertical gardens to enhance mental health, create restorative outdoor spaces, strengthen biodiversity, and improve the therapeutic environment.
After a short presentation of the NbS case, we will hear from our investment sector representative to see how this NbS case can get ‘matched’ with funding. It explores what kinds of funding could be an option and how can the case be positioned to attract them.
Participants will gain insight into how health‑focused urban NbS can be framed, pitched, and assessed from an investment perspective.
Speakers:
NbS case: Wioletta Mlocek, Municipal Greenery Dept. Katowice
Financing perspective: Linda Romanovska, Melomys Advisory
Moderator: Lydia Lienhart, Joanneum Research
The session will include expert insights, live discussion, and time for Q&A. Participants are welcome to submit questions in the chat.
In this edition we are working together with Network Nature+‘s Task Force 3 and UrbanByNature.
About the Speakers
- Wioletta Młocek, Senior Officer, Municipal Greenery Department in Katowice
Wioletta Młocek is a Senior Administrative Officer at the Municipal Greenery Department, where she contributes to the development and maintenance of urban green spaces. She is actively engaged in NbS through international projects such as UPSURGE and JUSTGREEN. Her work supports the creation of more sustainable, resilient, and livable urban environments.
- Linda Romanovska, Partner & Founder, Melomys Advisory
Linda is a highly regarded senior expert on climate change, sustainability and sustainable finance. Co-author of climate change policies and several sustainable finance and corporate sustainability reporting frameworks and standards internationally. A senior advisor with over 15 years of experience, past senior leadership roles at PwC and RSM and Materra, Founder and Principal of Melomys Advisory, and doctoral researcher at the University of New South Wales.
- Lydia Lienhart, Researcher, Joanneum Research
Lydia Maria Lienhart is an economist at Joanneum Research (Austria) focusing on climate change adaptation and NbS. With a background in economics, international relations, and environmental systems sciences, she investigates how policy and business innovations can foster resilient and sustainable societies.
About the co-organizers
NetworkNature+ is a resource for the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) community, creating opportunities for local, regional and international cooperation to maximise the impact and spread of Nature-based Solutions. Task Force 3 explores NbS finance, investment mechanisms, and business models through the lenses of co‑creation and co‑finance. Learn more about NetworkNature.
UrbanByNature is ICLEI’s Europe platform that empowers local and regional governments to integrate NbS into urban planning and development. Drawing on insights from dozens of Horizon-funded projects, the platform bridges the gap between green visions and long-term impact through a curated suite of resources and peer-to-peer exchange. Its integrated service portfolio supports every stage of the regeneration journey – providing capacity building through tailored training to foster local expertise, technical advisory for designing and scaling complex projects, strategic communication to secure essential stakeholder buy-in, and a matchmaking tool that connects public entities with private partners to fund and fuel NbS initiatives. Learn more about UrbanByNature.
About the webinar series
The NbS Financing Pitch & Match series brings together NbS cases and funders to spotlight different and innovative financing models for promising NbS endeavours – from public incentives to private investment and blended finance.
It aims to:
- Bridge the Gap Between Endeavours and Investors: Facilitate connections between institutions with NbS endeavours (e.g. administrations, SMEs) and seeking funding, and financial institutions interested in NbS projects.
- Drive Investment and Scale: By connecting stakeholders and providing realworld examples, we aim to increase investment in NbS, supporting the EU Nature Restoration Act and sustainability reporting initiatives.
- Leveraging cooperation and synergy: By working together with related projects and initiatives, we aims to maximize impact and outreach for NbS cases that are still in need of financing.
