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Viable Cities Champions

Every year, during the European Viable Cities Day in December, Viable Cities Champions are awarded to people who have made an outstanding contribution to the climate transition in cities during the year.

Elena Simion

For your impactful efforts to support the development of national platforms for the EU Cities Mission across Europe, not least in your role as Program Manager for CapaCITIES and M100, the Romanian national platform for the Cities Mission. (2025)

Marcos Ros Sempere

For your exceptional leadership in advancing the EU Policy Agenda for Cities, and your instrumental role as Member of the European Parliament in fostering support for climate transition in cities that is both ambitious and socially just. (2024)

Margot Wallström

For exceptional leadership as Co-Chair of the High-Level Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of the War in Ukraine, and your instrumental role in fostering international support, offering strategic guidance, and advancing the integration of environmental and climate considerations into the rebuilding of Ukrainian cities and society (2024)

Stanislav Kukhtyk

For visionary leadership in strengthening collaboration between Ukrainian universities, cities, and other urban stakeholders to advance the climate transition and support the green rebuilding of Ukrainian cities, demonstrated by your work on UniCities-a collaborative project with Viable Cities and CitiES2030, co-funded by the EU.

Olha Yukhymchuk

For her unwavering dedication to advancing the climate transition and fostering the green rebuilding of Ukrainian cities and society during the ongoing war, reflected in her significant contributions and your role as Vice Minister for European Integration at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine (2024)

Allan Larsson

For his pioneering efforts in developing our common EU Cities Mission as well as in developing Viable Cities as a Swedish national platform engaging citizens, business, academia and civil society in this work. Also for his efforts in acting as a thought leader and international forerunner in accelerating the transition to climate neutral and sustainable cities by 2030.

UN-HABITAT

For the global leadership of UN-Habitat in advancing accelerated transition of cities to become climate-neutral with a view to governance innovation and citizen centric approaches, not least connected to our common effort in Climate Smart Cities Challenge (2022)

Teresa Ribera Rodriguez

For her pioneering efforts in developing a national platform to implement our common EU. Cities Mission and signing a Spanish Climate City Contract, and for engaging citizens, business, academia and civil society in this work, as well as acting as an international forerunner in accelerating the transition to climate neutral and sustainable cities by 2030.

Julio Lumbreras

For his pioneering efforts in developing a national network and implementing a Spanish Climate City Contract within the initiative CitiES 2030, and for engaging citizens, businesses, academia and civil society in this work, as well as acting as an international forerunner in accelerating the transition to climate neutral and sustainable cities by 2030.

Thomas Osdoba

For his pioneering efforts in developing and implementing a European-wide effort to accelerate the transition to climate neutral and sustainable cities by 2030 within the initiative Net Zero Cities, and for engaging citizens, business, academia and civil society in this work, as well as acting as an international forerunner. (2021)

Ingvar Smedlund, Axel Josefson, Emma Feldman, Philip Sandberg, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, Anna König Jerlmyr, Hans Lindberg, Erik Pelling, Anna Tenje

For their pioneering efforts in developing and implementing the Swedish Climate Contract 2030, and in engaging citizens, businesses, academia and civil society in this work, as well as acting as an international forerunner. (Mayors of Nine Swedish Cities, 2020)

Ida Boström, Anna Ledin, Gunnar Björkman, Jonas Kamleh, Johan Gammelgård

For pioneering efforts in co-creating the Viable Cities programme and bringing on board competencies, networks and a true commitment to achieving real impact (Board Members, 2019)

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