How do Swedish municipalities structure their climate work? On behalf of Viable Cities, our member Klimatkommunerna has done an overview of this. They see that in recent years more and more have adopted long-term goals for their climate work, and have also identified some key factors for successful climate transition in cities.
In 2019, Viable Cities and Vinnova made an inventory of 15 municipal projects regarding the need for support for innovation management, to work long-term and systematically with innovation. It showed that many are working actively on the issue but that more support is needed. In response to the need, a project is now starting to develop skills, methods, models and tools for innovation management so that cities can become climate neutral more quickly and efficiently.
During the afternoon of November 6, we further developed Climate City Contract 2030 as part of the ongoing process in the nine cities of the Climate Neutral Cities initiative. We explored how digital tools can help us to make better and more transparent decisions, and provide a shift in climate work. Using the City of Gothenburg as an example, we delved into how we organize development work in the city, focusing on the development of the climate contract, but also what is needed in the cities to be able to accelerate the transition to a climate-neutral city.
The cookbook brings together methods, tools and tips on how to engage participants in change processes. The book is divided into four main parts; Start, Shape, Develop and anchor and Build on.
For the climate transition to work, citizens need to be involved, not just on an occasional basis and on a specific issue, but always and for everything. How can this be achieved? During our first climate breakfast, Edward Andersson from Democratic Society will share five ways to involve citizens - for real. Charlotte Gustafsson-Brynielsson, Växjö municipality, tells us how they work with citizen engagement.
Forum 3 is about how sustainable communities can be shaped by everyone together, from a concrete, practical perspective with inspiration and good examples, both to engage citizens and to shape local Climate City Contract. Day 2 will focus on financing the climate transition and how to engage citizens in it.
Forum 3 is about how sustainable communities can be shaped by everyone together, from a concrete, practical perspective with inspiration and good examples, both to engage citizens and to shape local Climate City Contract. Day 1 will focus on different pathways to civic engagement.
The handbook contains advice and instructions for those who lead or participate in cross-border change processes. It describes how an IBA process can be designed and adapted to local conditions, provides an introduction to how conflicts and power can be managed constructively in collaborative processes, and concludes with an insight into the scientific fields of knowledge on which IBA is based.
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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