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.
Collaboration with business and civil society is one of Växjö municipality's strategies for accelerating the transition to a sustainable municipality. Several companies have therefore signed the Växjö Declaration to drive the work forward in their respective industries.
Växjö cooperates with other municipalities, companies and science parks within the framework of Sustainable Småland.
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.
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?
Building communities and growing cities requires large amounts of resources. How we use resources is therefore of great importance for the possibility to keep climate impact down. At Tranistion Lab Forum 11, we will focus on how we can use our resources in an efficient and sustainable way, for example, how recycling can be given more space in new construction and renovation. We will touch on topics such as innovation procurement and land allocation competitions, how it can be used to make the built environment more climate smart.
This breakfast is hosted by our program manager Olga Kordas, who develops the thoughts about Climate City Contract 2030's innermost essence, and by Henrik Johansson from Växjö municipality and Charlotte Brynielsson from Kalmar municipality. Both municipalities are part of the Climate Neutral Cities 2030 initiative and will talk about the value of Climate City Contract, the iterative process, what they have achieved and their plans for the future. Welcome to the Viable Cities Climate Breakfast 2022!
Viable Cities' mission is climate-neutral and sustainable cities by 2030. Drive Sweden's vision is to create sustainable and safe mobility systems for people and goods that are accessible to everyone. We are now launching a collaboration to accelerate the climate transition: Climate Smart Mobility 2030. During our first joint event, we explored the transition to climate-neutral urban mobility through international perspectives, panel discussions and inspiring examples.
For the climate transition to work, citizens need to be involved, not just on an occasional basis and on a specific issue, but always and for everything. How can this be achieved? During our first climate breakfast, Edward Andersson from Democratic Society will share five ways to involve citizens - for real. Charlotte Gustafsson-Brynielsson, Växjö municipality, tells us how they work with citizen engagement.
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 2 will focus on financing the climate transition and how to engage citizens in it.
