The feasibility study highlights climate and health as a combined driver of the city's climate transition. Measuring better health is as important as...
Citizen engagement is an effective tool in the transition, while strengthening the equity aspects of local climate action. Various forms of civic engagement are gaining attention to involve and engage citizens in the climate transition.
15 initiatives across Sweden have been granted funding by Viable Cities to explore how citizen engagement, climate investments and regional collaboration can contribute to reducing emissions. Four of these pre-study explores new approaches to citizen engagement and participation that can help accelerate the climate transition.
The feasibility study highlights climate and health as a combined driver of the city's climate transition. Measuring better health is as important as...
How can more actors - city administrations, municipal companies and NGOs - be involved in engaging more citizens in the transition?
440 climate heroes in the municipality of Östersund are spreading, sowing seeds and accelerating the transition with the help of the MEDmobility initiative - citizen...
Citizen engagement and participation is about including and allowing citizens to be an active part of the city's work. Working with citizens also raises issues of accessibility, ethics and socially responsible development. Initiatives can come from several directions; cities, citizens, companies or organisations. In the knowledge bank, we have collected examples of what individuals can do to reduce their own climate footprint, what cities can do to create conditions, how collaboration can take place, research and much more.
Viable Cities Report 2021:9 This report presents a proposal for a citizen engagement strategy for the transition to climate-neutral cities. The strategy is intended for municipalities and actors at national level, but also includes other actors. The proposal has been developed by Anthesis...
During this breakfast, we will discuss just transition. How do we create an economy that is as fair and inclusive as possible, that creates decent job opportunities and leaves no one behind?
Events are a billion-dollar industry and a key component of the economy and profile of many cities. At the same time, they are an increasingly important tool for community development. How is the industry adapting? How can this transformation drive behavioral change and citizen engagement?
Many of us, and more and more, understand that we need to take real action. Together, we can slow down climate change and stop the mass extinction of species. We can change Sweden! Whoever you are and whatever you do...
Is your lifestyle on the side of the environment or against it? As a result of this quick test, you will receive tailor-made tips to help you save time and money and improve your quality of life. And nature thanks you!
A research study has identified the four lifestyle choices that are most effective in reducing a person's carbon footprint: eating a plant-based diet, avoiding air travel, living without a car and having fewer children.
This spring, Anthesis was commissioned by Viable Cities to develop a strategy for engaging citizens and civil society as co-creators of the city's future. Through workshops and interviews, Anthesis, together with its partners Actinate and Sustainable...
Viable Cities Outlook 2025:5, by Viable Cities, Democratic Society, and the City of Helsingborg, explores the role of citizens and civil society in achieving climate-neutral cities. It gathers insights from several citizen engagement initiatives within Viable Cities.
Around the world, many actors are mobilizing to create sustainable places, visits and events. Several of the cities in the Climate Neutral Cities 2030 initiative explore how events can be engines for the transition to climate neutrality. Welcome to Climate Breakfast #34.
We all need to change our habits and the way we consume in order to reach climate targets. There is a lot you can do today to reduce your climate impact.
A learning and activation material specifically designed for those who lead, coordinate or promote sustainable development in a municipality, school or company. The material consists of four videos, a set of questions and tips. The aim is to promote dialogue and facilitate action in the...
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 done? During our first climate breakfast, Edward Andersson from Democratic...
Together it is possible to create sustainable development. How do YOU want to contribute?
How can citizen engagement be strengthened through new methods of dialogue, and create a basis for long-term involvement in the climate transition? Together for Helsingborg 2030 has explored this. On our blog, Olov Källgarn tells us about their findings.
With the ambition to reach climate neutrality by 2030, the pace of transition needs to increase significantly in Gävle, they write in their progress report. As in most other cities, transportation is the single biggest challenge. Gävle is mobilizing in several ways to address...
In Malmö, emissions from citizens' consumption are to be halved by 2030. To achieve this, more people need to reduce their everyday emissions. To get the message across, the city is investing in a fun communication campaign with concrete tips for a climate-smart everyday life.
To achieve the climate goals, the organization needs to be rigged to handle all perspectives in the climate transition. In its progress report, the City of Helsingborg describes, among other things, a new implementation organization that will ensure both action and follow-up.
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