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UBC TALKS webinar about mapping and monitoring PFAS in cities on 26 March 2024 tackled a complex issue of PFAS: hazardous and extremely persistent substances, which are an emerging concern for cities.
Type: Video
Topic: Water
UBC SCC Secretariat published the Annual report 2023 describing the activities of the Commission throughout the past year. The report includes the highlights from the implementation of the UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2030, updates from the running projects, and glimpses from the key regional events.
Type: Publication
UBC SCC Secretariat has prepared the first Annual report summarising the activities of the Commission throughout the year 2022. It is the first report of its kind and will be further used to follow on the progress of the implementation of the UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2022–2030.
Type: Publication
Why is everyone talking about PFAS, and how to address the presence of hazardous substances in the environment? Dr. Ulrike Braun from German Environment Agency and Lotta Ruokanen from HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission answer these questions, so you know more what to expect from the EMPEREST project!
Type: Video
Topic: Water
CIVITAS ECCENTRIC's third brochures presents some of the measures that Turku, Ruse, Munich, Stockholm and Madrid have implemented in their Living Labs. 
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility
CIVITAS ECCENTRIC's second brochures presents some of the measures that Turku, Ruse, Munich, Stockholm and Madrid have implemented during the first half of the project. 
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility
CIVITAS ECCENTRIC's first brochure presents the project in a nutshell, a description of the living lab areas and contact information. 
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility
Aiming to involve young generation in tackling the problems of the Baltic Sea, the Ministry of Environment of Finland, the Committee for Nature Use, Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety of the City of St. Petersburg, City of Kotka, City of Turku, UBC Commission on Environment and VALONIA organized a Russian-Finnish comics competition for school students, "What can you do for the Baltic…
Type: Publication
Topic: Water
The Success Factors for Local Agenda 21 in the Baltic Sea Region is a publication of the Success Factors in Local Environmental Policy for Local Agenda 21 and EU Enlargement in the Baltic Sea Region.
Type: Publication
The Human Resources Review is the second publication of the Success Factors in Local Environmental Policy for Local Agenda 21 and EU Enlargement in the Baltic Sea Region Project (SUFA Project, 2000-2001), which is a common project of the UBC, ICLEI and Åbo Akademi University. In addition to the project partners, the project is co-funded by the European Commission DG Environment, Finnish Ministry…
Type: Publication