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Radical implementation theme at European Viable Cities Day

8 December 2023

With seven years left to achieve the mission of climate-neutral cities by 2030, radical implementation is required. In 23 Swedish pioneering cities, many efforts are currently underway to contribute to the transition in various ways. The European Viable Cities Day on 8 December celebrated successes to date and sharpened future climate action.

Linköping named Europe's most innovative city

28 November 2023

The municipality of Linköping yesterday won the EU's iCapital Awards. This is the first time a Swedish city has won the award. The award is given to EU cities that solve societal and sustainability challenges through innovation in an exemplary way.

New ways to reduce emissions: 15 initiatives to explore how to accelerate the transition

1 November 2023

Citizen engagement, climate investments and regional collaboration have a big impact on reducing emissions, but it needs to be faster. Now 15 initiatives across Sweden are receiving funding to explore how this can be done in a shorter timeframe.

Climate Breakfast 32: Driving competitiveness through the climate transition

25 October 2023

Competitive businesses in climate-neutral cities - how do we accelerate collaboration between municipalities andbusiness? The role of businesses in the climate transition has become increasingly high on the agenda in Sweden and internationally. Viable Cities is therefore investing in the Climate Competitiveness initiative in 2023 to accelerate collaboration between municipalitiesbusiness to both strengthen companies and achieve the mission.

Climate Breakfast 30: Public mobility for climate-neutral cities

12 April 2023

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. Climate Breakfast 30 explored how the mobility of the future can be designed for the transition; what sustainable climate-neutral mobility and accessibility can look like in practice; what collective mobility and micromobility are and what role they play; and how Linköping and Järfälla work with mobility as part of their climate transition work.

Linköping talks about climate work now and in the future

4 December 2022

Mikael Sanfridson, Mayor of Linköping, talks about Linköping's climate work during the year and how the municipality will increase its ambitions and the pace of climate change in the future. The film is recorded before European Viable Cities Day 2022 where 23 Swedish cities in the Viable Cities initiative Climate Neutral Cities 2030, of which Linköping is one of them, sign the 2022 Climate City Contract 2030.

Developing and testing new innovation methods for complex societal challenges

8 September 2022

The development of so-called system demonstrators is a way to enable system innovation with great power and mobilization to meet complex societal challenges. With system demonstrators, Vinnova and Viable Cities want to test and demonstrate the transformation of a system in a real environment, where space is created for experiments and where areas with great potential can be scaled up. Six projects have been granted funding for a design phase.

Swedish cities and government agencies inspire climate change in Europe

8 December 2021

23 cities and five government agencies are now working with Climate City Contract 2030 as a tool to achieve the mission - climate neutral and sustainable cities by 2030. During the European Viable Cities Day 2021, the work was manifested with a signing ceremony. European guests and representatives from all 23 cities and five government agencies shared how we can accelerate the climate transition together.

23 Swedish cities work together to speed up the climate transition

28 October 2021

23 Swedish cities - representing 40% of Sweden's population - are now working together to accelerate the transition to climate-neutral and sustainable cities. Today, the top political leadership of all cities gathered for the launch of Phase 2 of the Climate Neutral Cities 2030 initiative.

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Radical implementation theme at European Viable Cities Day

Linköping named Europe's most innovative city

New ways to reduce emissions: 15 initiatives to explore how to accelerate the transition

Climate Breakfast 32: Driving competitiveness through the climate transition

Climate Breakfast 30: Public mobility for climate-neutral cities

Linköping talks about climate work now and in the future

Developing and testing new innovation methods for complex societal challenges

Swedish cities and government agencies inspire climate change in Europe

23 Swedish cities work together to speed up the climate transition

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