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On the blog: Right now in Järfälla - an old airport becomes a sustainable neighbourhood

Self-driving buses, collaboration with construction companies and an ambitious carbon budget. These are some of the things happening in Järfälla municipality as they work towards a climate-neutral city. Read more about the construction of the new Barkarbystaden area in the fourth blog post from the cities in the Climate Neutral Cities 2030 initiative. Progress reports from Enköping, Växjö and Lund have already been published.

Press release: Global open call - Climate Smart Cities Challenge

The Climate Smart Cities Challenge is an invitation to cities around the world to participate in a competition aimed at stimulating and scaling up innovative solutions for the climate transition. The competition gives cities the opportunity to work with a global pool of experts to stimulate and scale up innovative ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create other social benefits in cities.

On the blog: Towards climate-neutral cities in 2030 - currently in Lund, Sweden

Lund municipality has achieved its climate targets for 2020 - they have reduced their emissions by 50 percent between 1990-2020 for the entire geographical area of the municipality. Thea Ohlander Arfwidsson, Project Manager Climate Neutral Lund 2030 and Therese Ek, Communications Strategist, tell us more about what is happening in Lund Municipality right now on our blog.

Working together for climate neutral cities - from Umeå to the EU

"It always seems impossible until it is done." Maria Vassilakou, EU mission board on climate neutral cities, quoted Nelson Mandela when she attended Transition Lab Forum 3, September 16-17.

She was one of many speakers who, over two days, gave strength and inspiration to continue working on the mission: Climate Neutral Cities 2030.

Engaging citizens in the climate transition

Achieving the profound climate transition we need requires cooperation between all members of society at a level never seen before. Citizen engagement and local Climate City Contract is the theme of the Viable Cities Transition Lab Forum 3, on September 16-17 (press release).

Storytelling blog: What cities can learn from car manufacturers

At regular intervals, our chief storyteller Per Grankvist will write about his reflections on storytelling as a tool, based on what we do, meetings we have and ideas from people and projects we are inspired by. The article series is part of the development of a model for engaging storytelling, the first version of which will be completed before the end of the year.

On the blog: Towards climate-neutral cities in 2030 - Currently in Växjö, Sweden

Enköping, Gothenburg, Järfälla, Lund, Malmö, Stockholm, Umeå, Uppsala and Växjö. These nine Swedish cities will lead the way, testing and experimenting to inspire and accelerate the work towards the mission: Climate Neutral Cities 2030 - with a good life for all within the limits of the planet. In a series of blog posts from the nine cities, we can follow their work. First up is Växjö municipality.

On the blog: Declaration with a capital D

Within Viable Cities, we have felt the need to develop a text that can frame the work we do together to achieve our common mission: climate-neutral cities with a good life for all within the boundaries of the planet. Our Chief Storyteller Per Grankvist has formulated this in the Declaration.

Sweden Local2030 Hub to support local efforts

To support the local implementation of the SDGs, the Local 2030 Sweden Hub has been formed, a network of organizations in Sweden and the Nordic region that will work together to promote local sustainable urban development. Viable Cities is one of the members.

What happened in Viable Cities 2019?

The Viable Cities annual report for 2019 is ready. A lot happened during the year, we launched the Viable Cities Transition Lab, many new exciting projects received funding and we organized and participated in many events.

Summary of Viable Cities in Almedalen 2019

Climate-neutral cities in 2030 were the focus of Viable Cities' participation during Almedalen Week 2019. A theme that was very topical. During the week, 3,700 events were held, bringing together 42,000 participants from a wide range of interest areas in society. Sustainability...

Meet Viable Cities during Almedalen Week 2019

This year, Viable Cities is participating with its own events and as a co-organizer in others and in some cases as a speaker. Among other things, a seminar focusing on climate-neutral cities will be held on Monday, July 1 at 16.15 with the directors general of Vinnova,...

Strategy Day April 11, 2019

Strategy Day 11 April 2019 MISSION: Climate neutral cities 2030 During the last year the program's focus has been sharpened and clarified and now has a strong focus on what we call our MISSION: Climate neutral cities in 2030. This...

Annual report Viable Cities 2017-2018

  Read the Viable Cities annual report for the first programming period between September 2017 and December 2018. In the report you can find a description of the activities across the first period of the program. Download the report

European Viable Cities Day December 2018

In cooperation with the European Commission's Representation in Sweden, Viable Cities organized the European Viable Cities Day on 11 December in connection with Nobel Day. The theme was Research and innovation for Carbon Neutral Cities and a round table discussion was held with Jean-Eric Pacquet, Director General of the European Commission...

We are now opening the third call for proposals

Our third call for proposals, focusing on climate-neutral cities in Sweden by 2030, is now open. The call welcomes project proposals that focus on cities that want to accelerate the transition to become viable and climate-neutral already by 2030. Project consortia will focus on...

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