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The report of 2021 looks into another successful year of UBC-CDP cooperation, as we follow the paths of 21 UBC member cities to climate goals 2030.

25th European Conference on Mobility Management is held in Finland on May 31 to June 2, 2022.

Our thoughts are with the citizens of Ukraine. UBC calls for an immediate end to the military aggression against Ukraine.

The webinar was opened by Tero Haahtela and Teemu Surakka from Aalto University, lead partner of the project, who briefly explained HUPMOBILE in a nutshell. The project, which started in 2019 and ended last year, aimed to provide holistic solutions to sustainable mobility in the Baltic Sea Region. It focused on sharing knowledge, developing existing solutions and processes, and improving stakeholder engagement.

Forest in the middle of the Valmiera city is a green, safe and accessible destination for outdoor activities. Equipped with stormwater solutions and offering a drinking water tap, the forest area is not only a multifunctional outdoor space for citizens, but also an example of taking sustainability into account when planning the area development.

City of Turku is well on its path to achieving carbon neutrality by 2029. Last year, the city became the Lighthouse city in the project RESPONSE, where it implements a complex set of activities including the development of Positive Energy Districts.

Tauragė is leading the renewable energy transition by example. STEAM center was opened in Tauragė, hosting a lab specializing in renewable energy and contributing to the regional efforts to advance in renewable energy technologies.

How to establish an allotment garden through the resource wisdom perspective? City of Kemi, in cooperation with Lapland UAS, prepared a material package as a guide for city and municipal decision-makers, planners and area users to become a resource intelligence operator.

In September 2021, UBC Planning Cities Commission in cooperation with the city of Rostock held the annual seminar. Collaborating in small interdisciplinary working groups, participants represented a good mix of colleagues from Rostock and their guests from 10 UBC Member Cities.

City of Jyväskylä enhances resource wisdom and circular economy of everyday life with short and agile experiments. Get inspired by solutions coming directly from citizens, companies and associations!

In August 2021, Greifswald received the European Energy Award - a quality certificate for the sustainability of the energy and climate protection policies of municipalities.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission reached several important milestones by the end of 2021. The new UBC Strategy 2022 – 2030 and the UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2022 – 2030 were adopted at the XVI UBC General Conference.