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CASCADE Final Conference, Educational material for higher education Cecilia Lundberg, Project coordinator, Åbo Akademi
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CASCADE Final Conference Opening words by Björn Grönholm, Director of strategic projects, City of Turku
Type: Video
Topic: Climate change
Opening words, Jari Honkanen, Senior specialist, Ministry of the Interior, Finland
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CASCADE Final Conference, Policy Recommendations by Franziska Seufert, Project Coordinator, Council of the Baltic Sea States
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CASCADE Final Conference, Case Turku, Miika Meretoja, Special Advisor, City of Turku
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The first UBC TALKS webinar of 2021 discussed climate hazards and how cities in the Baltic Sea Region can build resilience and was co-hosted with the Safe Cities Commission.
Type: Video
Topic: Climate change
It has been acknowledged that even though countries are increasingly adapting to climate change at the local level, there are considerable limits and barriers to adaptation, which can hinder a society from dealing with climate change effects. The aim of this report is to provide resources for municipal officers and experts to deal with the barriers to adaptation. The report provides a background…
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Green governance
Mid-term Review - A cross-sectorial cooperation for climate adaptation and development
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
The UBC Climate Resilience Webinar was held on 26 March 2019. Agenda:
Type: Video
Topic: Climate change
This brochure describes how the DYN@MO cities Aachen, Gdynia, Koprivnica and Palma are using – each city in its own way and own scale – a combination of instruments to speed up the wider uptake of electric vehicles among the city’s fleet and households. Frontrunner Aachen has set ambitious goals for all transport modes in its long-term e-mobility vision and relevant stakeholders are involved…
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility
This brochure describes the practical experiences of the cities’ introduction and extension of the usage of sharing schemes with traditional bicycles, electric bicycles as well as with electric and hybrid cars. Numerous advantages of sharing schemes are pointed out in the brochure. Besides saving money for the individual and improving the environment, the concept paves the way for multi-modal use…
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility
The brochure shares DYN@MO cities’ practical experiences and knowledge gained in the conversion processes – from a hybrid to an electric bus in Aachen, from a diesel bus to a trolleybus in Gdynia and from a diesel bus to an electric bus in Koprivnica.
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility
The involvement and participation of citizens and stakeholders in the sustainable urban mobility planning process is necessary in order to obtain public legitimacy and create a plan that satisfies the mobility needs of people. With the adoption of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), citizen participation methods have started to shift more towards online environments.
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility
Make Solutions with Businesses!
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic: Energy, Resource efficiency
CIVITAS DYN@MO is an ambitious project bringing together four European cities that have agreed on a mission to strengthen sustainable mobility. DYN@MO is short for the project motto DYNamic citizens @ctive for sustainable MObility. The participating cities are Aachen (DE), Gdynia (PL), Palma de Mallorca (ES) and Koprivnica (HR).
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility
With Christmas nearing and temperatures below zero in many cities throughout the Baltic region, global warming may not come to mind as the most pressing issue. Some might even argue that it would be nice if the mercury would climb a couple of notches in the thermometer.
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic: Biodiversity, Energy
In PURE project, partner waste water treatment plants have implemented investments and operational fine-tuning in Belarus (Brest), Estonia (Kohtla-Järve), Latvia (Riga and Jurmala) and Poland (Szczecin and Gdansk). The exemplary forerunners have provided benchmarking of advanced sewage and sludge treatment practices (Lübeck from Germany) and data management (Mariehamn from Finland). PURE aim is…
Type: Publication
Topic: Water
Efficient municipal waste water treatment produces vast amounts of sludge. For example, in the countries located wholly or partly on the Baltic Sea watershed the amount of sewage sludge generated is about 3.5 million tonnes of dry solids annually – this is expected to increase to almost four million tonnes by 2020. Sludge management is an integral part of any modern municipal waste water…
Type: Publication
Topic: Water
Descriptions on National Legislation on Sludge Handling in the Baltic Sea Countries.
Type: Publication
Topic: Water
Eutrophication suffocates the life in lakes and seas. Some of the sea beds in the Baltic are the largest dead areas in Europe.
Type: Publication
Topic: Water