The tourism work in Gävle focuses on transport, waste and purchasing and uses a special event planning tool.
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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The tourism work in Gävle focuses on transport, waste and purchasing and uses a special event planning tool.
Gothenburg Green City Zone is a zone in Gothenburg where the transportation system of the future is developed and tested. The goal is a completely new emission-free transportation system in terms of new technology in both vehicles and infrastructure.
In this handbook, Vinnova describes its work with several stakeholders to jointly create mission-oriented innovation in the areas of food and mobility. This is a story about how the tool of mission-oriented innovation can be used and a guide to...
Umeå was the only Swedish municipality to participate in the OECD Circular Economy Programme, which aims to minimize waste and maximize recycling and reuse of resources.
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.
Behind the Urban ICT Arena are the City of Stockholm, Region Stockholm, KTH, ABB, Ericsson, IBM, RISE and Stockholm University. Based on needs from public organisations , they develop new solutions for sustainable cities.
A practical guide for challenge-driven innovation in cities launched by UN-habitat - with many examples from our efforts within the Climate Smart Cities Challenge and the four system demonstrator cities.
In Gävle, the development of the Näringen district is ongoing. This involves major investments in innovation and technology development and a particular focus on finding new solutions for mobility, climate adaptation, reduced climate impact and social sustainability.
Dacapo Mariestad is a municipal education platform that offers vocational education and training courses under its own auspices and university and college courses in collaboration with other actors. They work actively to contribute to the goals of Agenda 2030 through, among other things, education in building care and nature-based ...
During Transition Lab Forum 8, we shared experiences from Skellefteå as part of the transition in northern Sweden, and explored some key issues in the transition process and Climate City Contract 2030 - multi-level governance, sustainable construction, business strategies for sustainability and citizen engagement.....
Sharing Cities Sweden is a national program for the sharing economy in cities. The program aims to put Sweden on the map as a country that actively and critically works with the sharing economy in cities. In sharing economy test beds in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and...
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.
Viable Cities Report 2019:2
How to create conditions for sustainable and attractive transport in the city? And how can the city develop when exhaust gases and noise disappear? In Gothenburg, 15 players from industry, research and society are working together to develop, test and demonstrate new solutions....
Viable Cities Report 2020:4 In October 2019, over 200 people from around the world gathered at the Sharing Cities Summit. The focus of the event was centered on the connections between the Sustainable Development Goals and sharing economy in cities....
Film from Östersund, produced for European Viable Cities Day! In the film, Niklar Daoson (S), member of the municipal board Chairman, and Caroline Hildahl, process manager for Climate Neutral Östersund 2030, talk about what a good life within the limits of the planet means for Östersund and how the municipality...
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...
In Helsingborg, industrial symbiosis began in the mid-1970s when a chemical industry began supplying the city with district heating. This has led to the development of the Swedish Platform for Industrial and Urban Symbiosis, which is a...
In 2019, Viable Cities and Vinnova conducted an inventory of 15 municipal projects on the need for support for innovation management, to work long-term and systematically with innovation. It showed that many are actively working on the issue but that more support is needed. As a...
CoAction Lund is a project that brings together stakeholders in northeast Lund to undergo a large-scale change process to make Lund climate neutral by 2030. It focuses on energy and transport, as passenger transport accounts for the majority of emissions in Lund and...
Lund is home to the world's largest low-temperature, fossil-free district heating network. The MAX IV laboratory and the ESS research facility heat the city using residual heat. The aim is for other parts of Lund to also receive low-temperature heat in the networks in the future. Then Lund can grow...
In Spain, the Region of Valencia and the City of Valencia are joining forces in the climate transition, both locally and at EU level. Find out how it works in the report The region as a signatory of the Climate City Contract.
Insights from the first national platforms for climate-neutral cities in Europe, among them Viable Cities, are presented in this NetZeroCities report.
The last climate breakfast of the season was about the circular economy. We were hosted by Liv Öberg, project manager in Umeå municipality. Umeå was the only Swedish municipality included in the OECD circular economy program. She was joined by Stina Behrens, Barkarby Science, who drives innovation for sustainable...
To achieve the climate transition, the business community and the public sector need to work together. With the Linköping Initiative as the unifying force, we learn and are inspired by each other - and in the next step we can inspire even more people.
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.
Ecosystem services can be defined as the direct and indirect contribution of ecosystems to human well-being, and this is the theme of Climate Breakfast 8. The starting point for today's discussion is the project One Roof, Five Opportunities - Market-Driven Development of Ecosystem Services, funded by Viable Cities. The project...
Viable Cities collaborates with The national data workshop for regional and municipal data sharing is the largest initiative so far in Sweden to support and drive the work of making available and using open and shared data from the regional and municipal sector.
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?
In Skellefteå, the tourism industry plays an important role in the attractiveness of the place by offering sustainable experiences for both residents and visitors. Here, sustainability and development go hand in hand.
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 climate contract is for all companies in Kalmar who, together with the municipality, want to work for a sustainable and climate-smart society. Signing the contract means that your company supports the intention of the agreement and makes commitments that suit your own business,...
The transition to become climate neutral 2030 requires that cities work in new ways. In this climate breakfast we explore how the cities of Valencia and Stockholm have handled this challenge in terms of leadership, organization and capacity building.
A handbook that guides stakeholders to effectively create the policies needed today. The handbook combines an entrepreneurial mindset with concrete processes to produce powerful ideas that create real impact on the environment.
Navet is one of the Climate Neutral Borås partners and often hosts various initiatives such as dialogues with young citizens.
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.
During the Transition Lab Forum 9, a number of key actors working in different ways on the issue of climate-smart mobility met. Among other things, it was about mobile hubs and shared mobility; quite simply: How do we manage our everyday trips without a car? We also got to...
In Umeå, the business community and the municipality have long worked together to reduce climate emissions and achieve climate goals. It started with a cooperation on food and agriculture issues, and since 2021, 56 companies from all possible sectors are involved in the Umeå Climate Roadmap.
The Climate Alliance in Lund currently consists of around 25 members from various industries. Many have already identified the climate and energy issue and are actively working to reduce their negative climate impact. The mix of companies and a close collaboration with Lund University...
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.
Viable Cities Report 2023:3 An analysis of stories about Norrland for those who have hardly been there, for those who were born there, for those who can imagine moving there and for those who influence without being there...
In 2023, BeBo, in collaboration with Belok, conducted the feasibility study Energy communities for property owners - guidance and support. Within the feasibility study, a guide was developed, which is intended to serve as support for property owners who want to initiate an energy community, but can also serve as a...
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.
The Nordic countries are considered global pioneers in creating sustainable societies. While we are doing many things right, there are major tasks ahead if we are to achieve our vision of being the most integrated and sustainable region...
Experiences and lessons learned from policy development on land use, mobility, energy planning and other key areas. Viable Cities Report 2025:5
Boverket's guide to the circular economy in the construction sector is aimed at various stakeholders such as municipalities, developers, architects and property owners, etc.
On March 6, 2024, we opened a call that gives several Swedish cities the opportunity to increase the pace of transition and lead the way for others in Climate Neutral Cities 2030 3.0. During this Climate Breakfast, we talked about the international aspect of Climate Neutral Cities 2030...
To promote innovation and the creation of new digital services for citizens and businesses, Linköping Municipality makes public information available in the form of open data.
