December 10, 2025
Climate City Contract is constantly evolving. A major change initiated in 2025 is Joint Commitments between Cities. What does this mean?
Viable Cities is a strategic innovation program working towards the mission of Climate Neutral Cities 2030 with a good life for all within the boundaries of the planet.
What are Viable Cities about? Here's a brief overview of what we do, and why your contribution is so important to achieving our mission: climate-neutral cities by 2030 - with a good life for all, within the planet's limits.
On European Viable Cities Day on December 5, we celebrated the fact that 48 Swedish municipalities are mobilizing for climate-neutral cities by 2030 and that Climate City Contract is celebrating its fifth anniversary. A new feature in this year's contract is joint commitments between cities. The ambition is for several cities to work together in concrete ways to pave the way for many more in a number of areas.
How is climate change adaptation progressing in the 2030 cities? In their status report, you can read about how they are taking concrete steps to become a climate-neutral city, now together with their twin city Sandviken. On our blog, you can now dive into 48 status reports from cities participating in the Climate-Neutral Cities 2030 initiative.
Climate City Contract is constantly evolving. A major change initiated in 2025 is Joint Commitments between Cities. What does this mean?
The Viable Cities Champions 2025 are Elena Simion and Marcos Ros Sempere. They both received the award for their outstanding efforts in promoting climate transition in cities. The award was presented by programme director Olga Kordas during European Viable Cities Day on December 5.
Today, on European Viable Cities Day, we celebrate that 48 Swedish municipalities are mobilizing for climate-neutral cities by 2030, with a good life for everyone within the planet's limits. At the same time, Climate City Contract is celebrating its fifth anniversary.
Today, Viable Cities program director Olga Kordas and John Hultén, program director for Shift Sweden, have co-authored an opinion piece in Aktuell Hållbarhet arguing that Sweden must push for sustainable urban development in the EU's next framework program for research and innovation, Horizon Europe.
Skellefteå
Örnsköldsvik
Sundsvall
Östersund
Sandviken
Borlänge
Avesta
Arvika
Enköping
Trollhättan
Karlstad
Kristinehamn
Eskilstuna
Örebro
Uppsala
Järfälla
Värmdö
Stockholm
Mariestad
Härryda
Linköping
Mjölby
Ulricehamn
Gothenburg
Falköping
Alvesta
Gotland
Falkenberg
Mörbylånga
Karlskrona
Helsingborg
Höganäs
Kristianstad
Tomelilla
Landskrona
48 Swedish cities are working together in Viable Cities' Climate Neutral Cities 2030 initiative. The map here gives a quick overview of all the cities and at each map pin you will find a link to the city's page, where you can read more about their work, current events and spy and apply their good examples.
Calls for proposals are tools that research funders use to distribute their funds among stakeholders. Here you can see some current calls, but you can also explore more!
Viable Cities is a strategic innovation program with the mission Climate Neutral Cities 2030 with a good life for all within the planetary boundaries. In the Climate Neutral Cities 2030 initiative - and with the tool Climate City Contract 2030 - the program is working with 48 cities and six government agencies to accelerate the climate transition. The mission-driven work of Viable Cities is closely aligned with the European mobilization around "Mission Climate Neutral and Smart Cities 2030". Viable Cities is a strategic innovation program in a joint initiative by Vinnova, the Swedish Energy Agency and Formas. The program is coordinated by KTH and runs until 2030.
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