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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...
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...
Växjö municipality aims to be both fossil fuel-free and climate neutral by 2030. Therefore, a special focus in the transition is on a sustainable transport system, but Växjö is also working on energy-smart housing, engaging local companies, and recycling building materials. And not least, Växjö is working...
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.
How can the mission-driven approach work even better? That's the question as the OECD brings together 130 experts from 23 countries for a consultation in Austria. Olga Kordas is one of them.
A wide range of stakeholders can shape the future of climate-neutral cities by investing where it matters. This fall, Viable Cities has together with the Sweden-US Green Transition Initiative initiated and participated in a series of roundtables and events on...
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.
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...
This fall's first Climate Breakfast will focus on procurement to accelerate the climate transition. Procurement can be a powerful tool to drive a faster transition to climate-neutral and sustainable cities, but how? How can local authorities take a leading role? What are the key areas...
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...
Two Swedish system demonstrators for climate-neutral cities recently held their fall meeting. The initiatives, in Lund and Stockholm, are pioneering and exploring how to work to implement the radical systemic changes required for the climate transition. The initiative is part of...
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 development of climate investment plans received a boost when a delegation of Swedish cities made a study visit to Belgium in mid-September.
Linköping talks about, among other things, the climate investment plan for transport they developed together with Linköping University, how they developed a model for category management and worked on an environmental commuting analysis, that they allocated funds for test bed vouchers and launched a smart map where you can...
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 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...
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...
We face complex societal challenges with declining trust and participation in democracy. To strengthen deliberative democracy in the Nordic region, a network - Nordic Deliberation - has been created. The aim of the network is to build resilient democracies and narrow the gap between...
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...
