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When implemented correctly, cities’ climate transition helps meet several of Sweden’s and Europe’s most important goals and needs, such as increasing the competitiveness of the business sector and ensuring reasonable, predictable energy prices. This is according to Olga Kordas, program director at Viable Cities, writing in *Aktuell Hållbarhet*.
Would you like to help save the world? The Viable Cities innovation program is mission-driven in its work toward a climate-neutral and sustainable world. We are now looking for interns who want to contribute to the development of communications in this field.
Vendela Karlsson is studying Visualization and Text Design at Mälardalen University in Eskilstuna. Here, Vendela talks about her experiences from her internship with Viable Cities' communications team at the end of 2025.
Through the exhibition “The Luleå Way,” which is easily accessible in a gallery in the heart of the city, the municipality and major industrial players are sharing the story of the local transition. It is one of the initiatives aimed at making Luleå climate-neutral and sustainable by 2025.
Wind power is a key focus area in Kristinehamn Municipality’s climate transition. Thanks to early planning and political consensus, the municipality has facilitated wind power development that has made Kristinehamn a net producer of sustainable, fossil-free electricity today. More
“Umeå is now seriously stepping up its climate efforts. Through major investments, strong political leadership, and close collaboration across the entire municipal group, we are taking important steps toward a climate-neutral Umeå,” says Mikael Brändström, Director of Development for the City of Umeå.
The City of Linköping is working hard to get all local stakeholders on board with the climate transition. Mayor Mikael Sanfridson is proud: “The business community, civil society, the university, and our young people—everyone is on board.” Read more about how Linköping is working—
How can we make it clear that we are on the right track and at the same time initiate processes that drive real systemic change? How do we make increased climate resilience visible?
“We are taking responsibility for the climate transition in Håbo. Through fossil-free procurement, a new climate and energy plan, and a transition team, we are showing that we mean business.” So says Catherine Öhrqvist (M), municipal council “ Chairman ” in Håbo Municipality. In
“We are particularly proud that, at the end of 2024, we adopted our Group-wide Climate Roadmap, which identifies eleven priority areas where we need to act together. The Roadmap is our compass, and Climate-Neutral Cities 2030 provides us with
The climate transition in the municipality of Karlskrona is taking place in close collaboration with the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH). “With BTH’s support, we are adopting a strategic and systematic approach that can inspire other cities to seek assistance from academia in order to
Climate City Contract is constantly evolving. A major change initiated in 2025 is the Joint Commitments between cities. What does this mean?
The City of Uppsala has been part of the “Climate-Neutral Cities 2030” initiative since its inception and has forged partnerships with many organizations on its local climate transition journey. In the progress report, they discuss, among other things, collaborations with Region Uppsala,
Every year, the process leaders of Climate-Neutral Cities 2030 write a progress report that provides a concise overview of current local climate transition efforts. What’s happening with Climate-Neutral Nacka 2030? Process leader Emma Östlund explains: “We look at every initiative
“We in the municipality of Höör have compiled a list of 101 measures related to our own operations, aimed at building up knowledge and methods to strengthen our climate and sustainability efforts in the coming years.” So says
The 2025 Viable Cities Champions are Elena Simion and Marcos Ros Sempere. They are both receiving the award for their outstanding contributions to climate transition in cities. The award was presented by Program Director Olga Kordas during European Viable Cities Day.
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.
The municipality of Boden is a clear example of how the climate transition is taking place simultaneously at all levels, from local to global. Here, Stegra is building the world’s first large-scale green steel mill, and here, data servers provide heat that enables year-round farming.
Today, Olga Kordas, program director at Viable Cities, and John Hultén, program director at Shift Sweden, have co-authored an op-ed in *Aktuell Hållbarhet* arguing that Sweden must push for sustainable urban development in the EU’s next
Viable Cities is a strategic innovation program with the mission of achieving climate-neutral cities by 2030, ensuring a good quality of life for all within the planet’s limits. The program is funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, Vinnova and Formas and coordinated by KTH.
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