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Mr. Risto Veivo

Portrait of Risto Veivo, Turku Climate Director

Mr. Risto Veivo

risto.veivo@turku.fi
+358 2 2627417
Turku

Risto Veivo is the Climate director at Central Administration of the City of Turku. He has strong experience on international sustainable development cooperation since the 1990’s from leading positions at the CBSS and UBC. He is now responsible for Climate, Environment Policy and Sustainable Development of the city group.

  • Interview with Risto Veivo (2021)
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  • Climate change
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City news

  • Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning training programme kicks off with Module 1
  • The BALTIPLAST Final Conference charts the Baltic Sea Region’s path beyond plastic
  • From Pilot to Practice: How Turku Turns Small Biodiversity Tests into Long-Term Urban Change
  • Leading water experts met in Berlin to sketch the future of the sector
  • Measuring what matters in the Baltic Sea Region mobility transition

City related events

  • "A safer tomorrow" - event for Finnish cities (9 December 2025)
  • Conference "From Waste to Wisdom: Baltic Quest for Plastic Reduction" (10 December 2025)
  • UBC Sustainable Cities Commission meeting with the Climate Budget Summit (1 October 2025)

City UBC TALKS

  • Webinar: UBC TALKS about monitoring and evaluation for the sustainable urban mobility planning
  • Webinar: UBC TALKS about Urban Biodiversity Parks
  • Webinar: UBC TALKS about sustainable urban mobility planning

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