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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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.
Örebro's new residential area Tamarinden in Sörbyängen is planned to be a sustainable and smart neighborhood where we create conditions for people to meet and where the houses share energy.
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.
Gothenburg is actively working on skills supply linked to climate change, including in the battery and automotive industries. Together with regional actors, they have also created the MoveToGothenburg platform to attract labor.
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.
Competitive companies in climate-neutral cities - how do we create good conditions for this? During this Climate Breakfast, we explore the collaboration between municipalities andbusiness and how synergies can be created.
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.
Viable Cities Report 2019:5 (in English)
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.
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,...
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,...
Together it is possible to create sustainable development. How do YOU want to contribute?
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.
Sustainability Becomes Standard works to ensure that smart, innovative and sustainable solutions from successful pilot projects become standard across the city. This is done by developing a method of analysis to scale up and standardize sustainable innovative solutions for buildings, transport and...
Viable Cities Report 2019:4
The Rosendal area in Uppsala has been recognized for its innovative methods with a focus on sustainability. The development of the fourth phase is now underway, raising the bar even higher and making the district climate-positive. The land allocation competition begins in April, when companies can submit their...
Sustainable Cities Info 2019:2
Almost every city in the Climate Neutral Cities 2030 initiative has a higher education institution. How can they contribute to the climate transition, beyond research and education? During Climate Breakfast 33, we will explore how higher education institutions can accelerate their contribution to the climate transition through...
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...
To describe the future, the Vision Journey methodology combines robust research on behavioral psychology with new findings on sustainable lifestyles and ancient knowledge on how to structure stories to engage audiences. The method consists of a number of processes based on...
Helsingborg has launched a sustainable bond framework that includes both green and social categories. These include investments in renewable energy sources, sanitation, and green transportation, but also investing in social projects that raise the standard of living in...
The Helsingborg Declaration is an initiative whereby the city, together with actors from the entire logistics chain, aims to make the Helsingborg region Europe's most fast-moving and sustainable logistics hub.
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.
Viable Cities Report 2023:01 This report deals with the climate transition, the role of cities and a new emerging model for leading, managing and implementing the transition faster than today, which is summarized as "governance". It has been prepared on behalf of Vinnova. It...
Karlskrona's digital twin + Karlskrona analysis = true. And above all interesting! A new study shows how the two together can contribute to sustainable societal development.
The main objective of the 3-year evaluation is to assess the establishment phase. The evaluation will highlight and create an understanding of the merits of the programs and what has potential for improvement. The results of the evaluation are presented in this report
An industrial campus will be created in Trollhättan as part of the work on skills supply and attracting talent. A letter of intent has been signed between University West, Innovatum Science Park, the municipal company Kraftstaden and Polestar.
This research initiative develops both theoretically oriented and practically applicable knowledge on innovative citizen dialogue processes to address urgent sustainability challenges.
In Karlstad, different parts of the paper industry are working together to recycle both materials and energy with the support of the Paper Province cluster.
Östersund developed competence in circular economy through actions organized by the Swedish-Norwegian interreg project SMICE (Co-creating Mid-Nordic Innovation Arena for Circular Economy).
Örebro supports and finances initiatives within the Real Estate Network that are aimed at people in the region who work with energy and environmental issues in the real estate industry. It offers study visits, experience meetings and training courses for our members and works actively to achieve our climate goals.
Umeå Energi has initiated a collaboration with Liquid Wind to establish an electrofuel plant. By capturing carbon dioxide from the Dåva CHP plant, Umeå Energi is taking a further step towards circular flows in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. With this...
The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions has developed a number of learning examples of important initiatives in the climate transition, including how to facilitate the business sector's transition.
The climate workshop is a curated process for creating new ways of talking to each other - companies and municipalities - about the journey towards a climate-neutral Umeå. The methodology has been developed together with RISE and now more companies are invited and the method is exported ...
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...
Science Park Borås is a partner in Climate Neutral Borås and contributes by formulating and implementing joint commitments with the aim of giving a boost to the joint work on sustainable community development, which is more than technical innovation.
SLU is innovating environmental communication by integrating an advanced and inclusive understanding of environmental communication into research, policy and practice so that it can effectively underpin and promote the transformation to a more sustainable society.
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.
LFM30 is a local initiative in Malmö to create a geographical playing field to accelerate the climate transition of the construction sector and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Nacka has developed Vercity - an enabler to strengthen the supply of skills and continuous learning to meet the need for skills in areas such as climate change.
One way to work with climate change and adaptation using open and shared data is through digital twins, which is what Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Karlskrona, Stockholm and Nacka are doing. RISE leads the national hub for digital twins in civil engineering.
In Skellefteå, stakeholders are gathering in a circular construction network run jointly by Skellefteå Municipality, CCBuild and IVL with the aim of making reuse a natural part of the construction process.
Reducing emissions from transport is crucial to meeting environmental targets. Everyone can help and contribute to this. In this guide from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, you can get advice on how to help your municipality or region...
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....
Navet is one of the Climate Neutral Borås partners and often hosts various initiatives such as dialogues with young citizens.
The Ystad Model is a concrete guide that shows step by step how companies can work to create conditions for business development, by seeing the SDGs as a smorgasbord for new business.
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.
Helsingborg wants to challenge traditional management of municipal goods distribution and test new ways of managing deliveries using digitized delivery data and smarter ordering processes. Therefore, they developed a digital platform for transparent transportation.
In Lidköping, industrial symbiosis is being developed with a base in grain and food processing. In this bioeconomic cycle, renewable resources, renewable energy and renewable nutrients flow.
