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Viable Cities Insight 2025:2 - how to organize local transition efforts
19 May 2025

In Viable Cities Insight 2025:2, we have taken a closer look at how 2030 cities are organizing themselves at the local level to accelerate the transition, both within the municipal organization and together with other actors in the transition arena. The analysis is based on the texts of Climate City Contract 2030 and...

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In the picture: Uppsala Climate Protocol is Uppsala's transition arena. The picture was taken at the network's 2024 results conference.
November 11, 2024

In Uppsala, the focus in the coming years will be on improving energy and power efficiency and increasing the share of renewable electricity, setting high climate requirements in land allocation competitions and procurements, and investing in sustainable travel through tramways, traffic diversions, new cycle paths and charging infrastructure. The new football pitch at...

Ten cities ready for M100 in Romania
October 29, 2024

National nodes for the urban climate transition are growing in number and strength in Europe. Today, the ten cities that will be part of the Viable Cities M100 sibling programme in Romania were announced. Olga Kordas, a member of the jury, was impressed by the applications.  

Anders Wijkman, Viable Cities Chairman, and Program Manager Olga Kordas
October 24, 2024

Anders Wijkman, Club of Rome, will be the new Chairman for Viable Cities, it was announced at the program's annual general meeting today. Annika Jacobson, Climate General of the City of Stockholm, has been appointed Vice Chairman.

The whole group gathered in Leuven in the middle of a transformation area for both energy and greener streets.
October 21, 2024

To accelerate learning among the cities that have chosen to immerse themselves in the development of climate investment plans, Viable Cities organized a study tour to Belgium. By visiting cities with different characteristics and challenges, the group gained input and ideas as well as important contacts...

Viable Cities International cooperation
8 October 2024

Today, 20 more cities were awarded the EU Mission Label - a confirmation from the EU's 100 climate-neutral cities by 2030 (Cities Mission) that the city's plans for the local transition journey are ambitious and on the right track - including three Swedish...

In the picture: Evelina Fahlesson from Skellefteå municipality, Jimmy Jansson from Eskilstuna municipality, Rebecka Persson from Malmö and Diana Olsson from Simrishamn municipality receive the award as the winner of Sweden's Best Environmental Municipality 2024.
October 2, 2024

The purpose of Current Sustainability's ranking is to show how far municipalities have come with the climate transition and highlight the challenges that exist. 14 of 16 cities that placed in the top are 2030 cities and are mobilizing for the mission of Climate Neutral Cities 2030 within...

The DUT Partnership steps up the game to tackle urban challenges through research and innovation and capacity building.
September 2, 2024

DUT Call 2024 is now open, the third call of the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership. The aim of the call is to support transnational research and/or innovation projects that address urban challenges in order to help cities in their transition to a sustainable...

Malmö works horizontally and internationally
31 July 2024

Malmö says it will become climate neutral by 2030 and is one of the European Commission's selected pioneer cities to lead the transition. At the heart of Malmö's approach is a new horizontal approach - Climate Transition Malmö - focusing on common...

Focus on milestones and targets in Örebro's transition work
July 4, 2024

In Örebro, the municipal council recently adopted the Örebro municipal climate strategy after revision during the year. The targets in each of the six focus areas of the strategy are aimed at the municipal group, but the actions relate to both the municipal group and the geographical area. The municipality has also set specific...

Swedish and Spanish cities with a joint Development Statement: Development Declaration for the Cities Mission: Upscaling the EU Cities Mission - European cities and platforms joining hands
June 27, 2024

The fourteen Swedish and Spanish cities among 112 European Mission cities have created a joint declaration for the EU Cities Mission - Development Declaration for the Cities Mission: Upscaling the EU Cities Mission - European cities and platforms joining hands. The aim is to...

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