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.
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.
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 practice? That's what we talk about in this climate breakfast.
To find solutions to the enormous societal challenges posed by global warming, we need to work in new ways, within municipal operations but also across private and public organisations. Climate Breakfast 17 was attended by Anna Fjällström from Accelera, Jenny Ångman, Järfälla Municipality, and Sophia Sundberg, Barkarby Science.
In the work with Climate City Contract 2030, Viable Cities has identified four areas as strategically important for the climate transition in cities. This spring, Ramboll was commissioned to work with us to develop a strategy for one of these areas. During Climate Breakfast #15, we will hear more about how digitization and digital tools can support the transition to climate-neutral and sustainable cities.
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 runs innovation for sustainable urban development in Järfälla together with the municipality and other actors.
How do Swedish municipalities structure their climate work? On behalf of Viable Cities, our member Klimatkommunerna has done 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 some key factors for successful climate transition in cities.
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 pathways to civic engagement.
