Climate transition investments can create both business opportunities and a more sustainable city. Research shows that climate investments can generate significant benefits, both direct economic gains and added value such as jobs, cleaner air and better health. During this Climate Breakfast, we dive into what it means to make climate investments and how climate investment plans take shape.
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 that are based on cities' climate targets and result in a story about what it is like to live climate-neutrally for one day in that city. The aim is for politicians and officials to understand that it is entirely possible to combine a high quality of life with low emissions even today, and for them to realize that their role is to make it easier for more people to live sustainably in different ways. Kristianstad has developed a vision journey about what it is like to live in a climate-neutral Kristianstad in 2030.
Companies and organizations in Kristianstad can contribute to reduced climate impact through local Climate City Contract. Together we create an arena to accelerate the transition locally.
In Kristianstad, Krinova is a partner in the effort to become a climate-neutral city, including a focus on food.
Kristianstad is located in a low-lying, waterlogged area that is highly vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather. As part of its climate adaptation work, it has produced the Skyfall Map, which shows the locations in Kristianstad, Åhus and Yngsjö that could be flooded in connection with extreme rainfall to support property owners.
During Transition Lab Forum 13 in Kristianstad, we will delve into how climate adaptation and climate change can be integrated into the development of a sustainable food system, which is more resilient, with increased competitiveness and which contributes to a good life for everyone within the planetary boundaries. What is being done today, and how can we further accelerate the transition to climate-neutral cities while adapting society to a changing climate and creating competitiveness and a good life for all?
What nature-based opportunities exist for increasing carbon storage in cities? And how can we simultaneously create pleasant, comfortable cities to live and work in? Participants include Tora Råberg, researcher at RISE, Linnea Skoog, Kristianstad, and Mattis Vindelman, expert in the rewetting of peat soils.
For two years, Viable Cities has, through the Nordic Transition Partnership project, supported Nordic collaboration between small and medium-sized cities to accelerate climate work with a special focus on the circular economy. In this Climate Breakfast, we were welcomed by Ulrika Holmgren from Smart Innovation Norway who leads the project, as well as Pelle Hallberg from Gästrike återvinnare in Gävle and Elisabet Farner from Kristianstad municipality with long experience of Nordic collaboration who share challenges and success factors.
