The focus of the transition work right now is to develop a detailed master plan for the city of Arvika, a long-term sustainable urban plan that strengthens social values and stays within planetary boundaries. Addressing the demographic challenge of a declining population through new strategic energy planning for an increased share of renewable energy production, more robust energy systems, and strengthening the electricity supply so that industry can grow and road traffic can be electrified. These efforts will together reduce fossil carbon dioxide emissions.
We are shaping the work of the transition team and establishing our transition arena: Arvika Climate Arena, which is a multi-purpose arena for transition work. We are accelerating the process and involving our partners who are part of the process, while also engaging in discussions with new actors from, for example, the finance and freight transport sectors.
Fossil carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced by at least 18% annually in the coming years, and the ambition is to highlight the challenge and accelerate progress through a variety of initiatives. The goal of the strategic energy plan is to bring together future energy needs in municipal energy planning with land use issues in addition to the comprehensive plan. This will clarify the link between energy production, energy use, and land needs in the municipality in order to more quickly establish renewable energy supply locally. The transition team is expected to work proactively and promote the progress of activities in several areas, such as green travel plans for sustainable travel, simulation of the Munk model in the municipality, reduced climate emissions from business travel, and inspiration days in the business community.
The municipal council decides on the municipality's programs and plans. The steering group for Climate-Neutral Arvika decides, in dialogue with process leaders and partners, on the progress of the transition team and the development of the Arvika climate arena.
In the city's latest update, they talk about the work, the transition arena, the project portfolio and much more.
Bertil Ahlin, process manager for Climate Neutral Arvika 2030, bertil.ahlin@arvika.se
We are currently working on shaping the transition team's work and establishing our transition arena, Arvika Climate Arena, which is intended to function as a multi-purpose arena and meeting point for the transition work. Our transition team has representatives from all partners in the project (see above) and is a group of just over 20 people. We have deliberately chosen to structure the transition team in this way in order to have a larger group that feels they "own the issue," to have a better opportunity to distribute responsibility for implementing activities to achieve the project's goals, and thereby accelerate the climate transition in Arvika.
As process leaders, we work with transparency to create a trusting relationship in our meetings with partners and stakeholders. We use the "Consensus Model" (model from ESAM AB) to create a good foundation for collaboration and get implementation underway. In the arena, we bring together actors and players in the transition work, forge relationships between ongoing development projects, and strengthen trust in each other to create space for creativity and co-creation.
Climate City Contract 2030 is a collective effort to achieve the climate transition that we need to implement in a short time to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees. It is an agreement between municipalities, government agencies and Viable Cities where all parties undertake to make a concrete contribution to increasing the pace of climate change.
To achieve deep change, we need to move from fragmented projects to an ecosystem of efforts that all pull in the same direction. Cities are doing this together with Viable Cities, funders government agencies and other partners, in different constellations and with different objectives. It is about moving beyond dealing with symptoms and instead focusing on underlying problems in our social structure. Here you will find the initiatives and studies within the city that have been granted funding under Viable Cities.
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