Agenda for UBC Sustainable Cities Commission meeting in Greifswald

Agenda for UBC Sustainable Cities Commission meeting 27th – 28th April 2022, Sustainable Cities - Trends and Challenges in the Baltic Sea Region, Greifswald, Germany

Site visits and get-together dinner

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Site visit to Max-Planck-Institute for plasma physics

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Welcome and presentations at the City hall

  • Welcoming words by Lord Mayor of Greifswald Dr. Stefan Fassbinder
  • “The Role of Cities in Climate Protection”, Prof. Dr. Andreas Loeschel, Ruhr University Bochum
  • “Sustainable land use – our responsibility – what cities should do”, Prof. Dr. Hans Joosten, Greifswald University

Theme of the day: Sustainability – from building to city level

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Welcome from the City of Greifswald

“Welcome words – What makes Greifswald special?”, Dr. Sylvia Schönfeld, Manageress of Lord Mayor’s office and personal consultant

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Welcome from UBC Sustainable Cities Commission

Welcome from UBC Sustainable Cities Commission by Risto Veivo, Climate director of the City of Turku, Co-Chair of the UBC SCC

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Sustainable cities in the Baltic Sea region: Strategic directions

  • New UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2022-2030, Agnieszka Ilola, Acting Head of Secretariat of the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission
  • Sustainable strategy of Greifswald, Dr. Stephan Braun, City of Greifswald
  • Roadmap to the European Green Capital 2021, Elina Ojala, City of Lahti
  • General discussion and comments

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Building sustainable cities – energy-smart construction perspective

  • Municipal buildings in Greifswald, Martin Stiller, City of Greifswald

  • Renewable energies in the district heating of Greifswald, Nils Patzenhauer, Stadtwerke Greifswald

  • Ecological and energy-efficient buildings, Jaanus Tamm, City of Tartu

  • General discussion and comments
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Building sustainable cities – biodiversity and climate adaptation perspective

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Sustainable mobility in UBC cities

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Measuring sustainability progress in the cities

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Site visit with Thilo Kaiser, Head of the city planning department in the City of Greifswald