Climate-neutral Borlänge 2030 brings together the actors who want to drive the transition and work actively to achieve a sustainable and climate-neutral Borlänge. Together we can find new smart ways to reach the goal.
Climate change requires commitment and knowledge at all levels of society. Many organizations have produced materials that can help accelerate the transition in different ways and with different themes. Here you can browse reports and publications, other knowledge banks, courses, videos, good examples and much more that contribute to the transition to climate-neutral and sustainable cities with a good life for all within the limits of the planet.
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Climate-neutral Borlänge 2030 brings together the actors who want to drive the transition and work actively to achieve a sustainable and climate-neutral Borlänge. Together we can find new smart ways to reach the goal.
Borås wants to show that it is possible to build a new city and highlight all the sustainability benefits it can bring. Resource-efficient land use, the opportunity to develop urban qualities and sustainable mobility are just some of the aspects that are focused on in Gässlösa.
In Mariestad, they use games and nudging in their citizen dialogue. In one of the games, companies can participate and describe how they work with climate adaptation, which also gives them great exposure to potential customers, partners and employees.
How do Swedish municipalities structure their climate work? On behalf of Viable Cities, our member Klimatkommunerna has made 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...
Navet is one of the Climate Neutral Borås partners and often hosts various initiatives such as dialogues with young citizens.
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In the Climate Municipalities' knowledge bank you will find, among other things, the 13 tasks that they have developed to support municipal politicians and officials who have a driving role in the local climate transition. 13 of the member municipalities are also involved in Viable Cities' Climate Neutral...
Viable Cities Rapport 2023:01 This report has been commissioned by Vinnova within the framework of the Viable Cities program. The report, firstly, aims to provide a policy-relevant overview of two new elements for sustainable urban development: new forms of governance and...
Viable Cities Info 2018:2 This document is a travel report from a visit to the European Commission and the European Parliament by a delegation from the Viable Cities Program Office and Program Board.
Successful sustainable solutions from pilot projects need to fly further - so that sustainability becomes the standard throughout cities and municipalities. The Sustainability Becomes Standard project has developed a tool to ensure this happens.
Viable Cities Report 2021:9 This report presents a proposed strategy for citizen engagement for the transition to climate-neutral cities. The strategy is intended for municipalities and actors at the national level, but also includes other actors. The proposal has been developed by Anthesis...
Digital Twin is a project within the framework of the Helsingborg Declaration. The Helsingborg Declaration is an initiative that means that the city, together with over 50 actors from the entire logistics chain, aims to make the Helsingborg region Europe's most fast-moving and sustainable logistics hub.
To increase our resilience, we need to make the choices more concrete and understandable to more people. This is where digital tools, such as digital twins, can be of great help. Simply put, a digital twin is a digital copy of a city that...
Järfälla has a long tradition of planning for good park and nature structures. Green areas strengthen the municipality's ecosystem services, contribute to reducing flood risk, and preserve water quality, biodiversity and social added value. The value of ecosystem services was addressed in the master plan work in Järfälla municipality as early as 2014.
Several local actors with over 30,000 employees work together for climate-driven business and operational development creates power. The approach has been inspired by the UN Climate Convention and contributes to Uppsala's climate transition.
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At business and growth in Linköping, a special position has been created: Business developer, sustainable growth. The work is based, among other things, on the Business Program, where one of the focus areas is Sustainable and resource efficient, with a strong focus on circular economy and transition.
Gothenburg Climate Partnership (GCP) is a long-term and active collaboration between the business community in the Gothenburg region and the City of Gothenburg to reduce climate impact. One of the initiatives focuses on transportation and micromobility.
The Lund Innovation District connects environments and actors to create synergies and to support a more complex transformation with interdisciplinary needs. Cultural and creative industries play an important role in the work towards a digital, sustainable and...
Insights from the first national platforms for climate-neutral cities in Europe, among them Viable Cities, are presented in this NetZeroCities report.
RISE gathered a number of different municipalities, construction companies and other need owners to develop the land allocation process through a new common standard for strategic requirements. The project's goal is to facilitate a more sustainable building and construction sector, reduce matching losses and strengthen the clarity of...
An analysis of consumption trends made by Kairos Future on behalf of Science Park Borås, which since 2019 produces an annual report on the theme of sustainable consumption. Science Park Borås works to develop new knowledge in the areas of textiles,...
Last 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 Cities, has...
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.
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...
Within the Climate Leader municipalities for public procurement initiative, Fossil Free Sweden has worked together with Helsingborg, Umeå, Uppsala, Växjö, Örebro and Östersund to identify the challenges of introducing climate requirements in public procurement.
By 2035, Barkarby will develop 14,000 new homes for 30,000 new Järfäll residents, thousands of new workplaces in innovative and functional offices and premises for trade, services, education, sports, health and culture.
This 2024 edition of the Global Resources Outlook highlights how resources are critical to the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda and multilateral environmental agreements to tackle the planetary triple crisis. The report brings together the best available data, modelling and assessments to analyze trends, impacts...
Viable Cities Report 2021:10 Digitalization is an enabler for cities to become climate neutral. However, few policy documents and initiatives make this potential clear, and cities are now asking for support in using digitalization where it is most useful to...
How can students accelerate the transition to Climate Neutral Cities 2030? At Climate Breakfast 27, STUNS in Uppsala participates, which has long worked to develop the collaboration concept Stories, a concept where students within the framework of their studies solve sustainability challenges.
A new 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.
The purpose of the evaluation was to demonstrate results and early effects to inform the authorities' decisions on continued funding, and to support the authorities and the program office to learn and develop the program in the best possible way.
This breakfast is hosted by our program manager Olga Kordas who develops the thoughts on Climate City Contract 2030's innermost essence, and by Henrik Johansson from Växjö municipality and Charlotte Brynielsson from Kalmar municipality. Both municipalities are part of the Climate Neutral Cities 2030 initiative and...
Imagine a construction site that is almost silent, with no smell of exhaust fumes. A utopia? Well, no. Right now, a new preschool, Ottfjället, is being built in the municipality of Östersund, and they are doing it without fossil fuel emissions.
In central Nacka, a district is being developed based on a nature-based concept where the urban and nature meet in new ways. This creates an urban environment with greater contrasts and variety, where nature and the existing topography can take up more space and influence the...
STUNS - The Foundation for Collaboration between Universities in Uppsala, business and Society is a collaboration platform based on Uppsala County's regional development strategy and the Agenda 2030 strategy.
As part of the Climate Agenda - Sweden is changing, Global Challenge has developed a public education package on climate change in collaboration with trade unions and study associations. The aim is to raise awareness of the climate crisis and provide tools that lead to action.
In Gothenburg, the municipality works with local property owners through mobility agreements. The agreements allow owners to build fewer parking spaces if they offer residents other ways to travel, such as access to carpools, public transport passes and cargo bikes.
Welcome to an inspiring, undemanding Climate Breakfast, always with themes that are important in the transition to climate-neutral cities. This time it is about the financial transition that we need for the climate transition. Fedra Vanhuyse, Stockholm Environmental Institute, and Björn...
ReTuna in Eskilstuna is Sweden's first reuse gallery, where everything sold is recycled, reused, organic or sustainably produced. The gallery has become international news and has been visited by documentary filmmakers, journalists and curious tourists from all over the world.
Viable Cities Report 2023:01 The Climate Transition of Cities report explores the emerging model to lead, govern and implement the transition more quickly, known collectively as governance.
Business Region Göteborg, the City of Gothenburg and Nordstan Business Center have jointly developed Sweden's first mobility hotel, where six different actors collaborate to increase the share of green and emission-free transport in the inner city.
Sting Bioeconomy will help develop innovations in the area of forest-based bioeconomy and increase the number of fast-growing companies in the area. The initiative is a collaboration between Paper Province, Region Värmland, Karlstad Municipality and Sting.
Blekinge Region sees EU missions as an effective method to address various regional societal challenges. In a report from NetZeroCities you can read more about this.
Many of the emissions we need to address come from construction, including the materials used, such as concrete. But it is possible to use other materials, the forest provides a material that is both...
Much of the emissions in cities come from the transportation of people and goods, making mobility a key issue in the transition to climate-neutral cities. How can future mobility be designed for the transition to climate neutrality, and what can it look like?
