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Climate neutral Enköping 2030

By integrating sustainability issues into its core activities, Enköping Municipality is acting proactively in the climate transition, and the municipality is investing in creating a culture where sustainability permeates both the municipal organization and the city. With tools such as a carbon budget and in-depth climate knowledge, the municipality works, among other things, with the role and potential of small businesses, urban planning where sustainability goals are to be reflected, reduced energy consumption in public premises using the EnOff model and influencing attitudes, behaviors for sustainable travel, and much more.

Climate neutral Gothenburg 2030

In Gothenburg, there is a strong focus on developing the city's ability to create and utilize citizen engagement in the environmental and climate transition, and in the spring of 2024, the city conducted a citizens' council, where 30 people were asked to contribute thoughts and suggestions on how the city can engage and involve residents in the climate transition. Gothenburg is also working with a broad toolbox to achieve a more sustainable and efficient mobility system that will benefit citizens, including efforts for walking and cycling, trams, electrified buses, micromobility and trains. Mobility is a major issue for the city, but it is also working on climate-neutral construction, circular economy, farming, green infrastructure and nature-based solutions, and much more.

Climate neutral Järfälla 2030

In Järfälla, the expansion of Barkarbystaden is underway - one of Sweden's largest urban development projects. To reduce emissions from construction transport, a logistics solution has been procured, with the aim of coordinating and optimizing the resources of the thousands of construction transports that need to get in and out. Järfälla also has several initiatives in its transition portfolio, including a strategy for sustainable urban development, circular construction, sustainable transport, an internal recycling system and positive energy districts (PED). Järfälla is building, furnishing and planning for the future.

Climate neutral Lund 2030

Shared and inclusive mobility, pilot tests in transport and operations, and the development of circular flows through procurement. These are some of the things Lund is working on in its transition efforts. Ahead of 2025, they are stepping up the pace and sharpening their ambitions. With the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2030, the City Council has also allocated an extra SEK 40 million for a strengthened climate package, which will initiate even more initiatives in the city, and they are actively working to integrate the climate investment plan into the regular budget and operations. 

Climate neutral Malmö 2030

Malmö focuses on implementing and developing seven roadmaps in priority areas, mobilizing more actors, and developing approaches and methods to scale, disseminate and share. At the heart of Malmö's approach is a new horizontal approach - Climate Transition Malmö. Malmö is linking arms with Höör and Landskrona.

Climate-neutral Stockholm 2030

Image from the City of Stockholm, photo: Henrik Trygg.

Stockholm was one of the first cities to receive the EU's Mission Label for its climate work, and with this in mind, the city continues to work for the transition by connecting, strengthening and further developing existing cooperation structures. Together with the city's stakeholders and citizens, they are investing in increased electrification and more efficient transport, electrified construction, carbon capture and storage, reduced plastic use and increased sorting, and not least an environmental zone in the city - which is also part of the system demonstrator STOLT.

Climate neutral Umeå 2030

A central strategy in Umeå's work is to mobilize and strengthen partnerships and collaboration between partners, based on the Umeå Climate Roadmap's focus areas. Over 60 partners are part of Umeå's climate roadmap and collaborate and learn from each other to strengthen local climate work. With the municipality at the forefront, Umeå has developed a handbook on how to lead an effective climate transition, started an economic association to increase knowledge for circular construction and establish Byggåterbruket, and organized a construction recycling festival for students and staff.

Climate neutral Uppsala 2030

In Uppsala, the focus in the coming years will be on improving energy and power efficiency and increasing the share of renewable electricity, setting high climate requirements in land allocation competitions and procurements, and investing in sustainable travel. The Uppsala Climate Protocol, which has been in place since 2010, brings together companies, public organizations, universities and associations that want to make concrete progress towards a climate-converted Uppsala. Uppsala hooks arms with Håbo.

Climate neutral Växjö 2030

Växjö municipality aims to be both fossil fuel-free and climate neutral by 2030. Therefore, a special focus in Växjö is on the transition to a sustainable transport system. But they are also building on investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency, urban planning, circular flows and cooperation between different actors. Växjö is hooking arms with Alvesta.

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