Publications

Publication type

Topics

Project

Year

Project summary list

The Annual report 2025 of the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission covers the activities taken place in the last year, in reference to the implementation of the UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2030. Key events, webinars, highlights from the benchmarking city trends based on the CDP-ICLEI Track reporting, and trends in the core topics of the Programme: climate, water, mobility, energy, resource-…
Type: Publication
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
Dear UBC colleagues,As the year draws to a close and the festive season approaches, I would like to extend my warmest Christmas greetings to all members of the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission community.
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
Dear UBC colleagues, As we enter the spring of 2025, our Commission activities are in full swing, and we are excited to share some fantastic news with you in this edition of the UBC Sustainable Cities Bulletin. We have a lot of exciting new openings and opportunities for increased collaboration that we can’t wait to explore with you!
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
UBC SCC Secretariat published the Annual report 2024 describing the Commmission's activities throughout the past year, in reference to the implementation of the UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2030. The report features highlights about the core topics of the Programme: water, mobility, energy, resource-efficiency, and biodiversity, including updates from the projects where the Secretariat…
Type: Publication
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
It is a pleasure for me to introduce this autumn edition of the UBC Sustainable Cities Bulletin 2024! The articles featured in this issue are contributions from our active member cities exploring the power of cooperation in building sustainable cities – where citizens, governments, and business work together to create inclusive, but also resilient, smart and nature positive environments.
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
The UBC Sustainable Cities Commission co-developed the spring 2024 edition of the Baltic Cities Bulletin under the topic "Towards green and just transition". This edition of the Bulletin is devoted to green transition and cities’ efforts to follow more sustainable and equitable model of development. A wide variety of initiatives from different cities in the region gives a glimpse on how our…
Type: Publication
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
Dear UBC colleagues, Warm spring greetings from the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission! The world is preparing to bloom with green spaces and new ideas, and it’s a good time to share with you our latest materials, impacts and openings!
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Climate change, Energy
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
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
Dear UBC colleagues, This autumn has been very active in terms of new openings and exchange with our member cities on the important topic of climate change, and we are very happy to share with you some of the latest news regarding our joint activities supporting cities climate actions! 
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Climate change, Energy
Dear UBC colleagues, Summer has finally arrived even in Turku, and everyone is busy to finalise tasks before the holidays start. We hope that you find a moment to read about what the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission has been up to in the past month and, more importantly, what is awaiting you and us after the summer break!
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Climate change, Energy
Dear UBC colleagues, The first quarter of 2023 is almost over already, and we sincerely hope that you are all well and safe! Our year here at the UBC SCC Secretariat started with busy preparations for the 2nd call of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme in mid-March, where we succeeded to submit one proposal as a lead partner and two others as project partner, together with numerous UBC…
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Climate change, Energy
Dear UBC colleagues,
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Climate change, Green governance
We have faced a very active second part of 2021, with various strategic frameworks we have co-developed with you, finalising large projects with pilots and solutions that can now be replicated in other cities, while the member cities' experiences and knowledge are being taken further to the regional policy level. Further, the year 2021 saw remarkable progress on the local level towards meeting…
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Energy, Mobility
This study on the potential analysis of intelligent transport systems (ITS), which forms the basis for the digitalization of traffic and mobility, is presented below. Intelligent transport systems are an indispensable component on the way to a smart city. Only if digitization is used productively and existing modal boundaries are dismantled can borderless mobility prevail as a genuine…
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility, Urban planning
The report of the planning process of Turku’s new railway access to the passenger harbour outlines the different steps, partners and permissions needed to plan the new railway access to the harbour.
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility, Urban planning
In the project HUPMOBILE two focal points represent the main themes of the project: The use of environmentally friendly means of transport (active mobility) and the area of logistics in the port. In the following, the study on the innovative concept of Mobility as a Service (MaaS for short), a system that brings together all means of transport in a user-oriented and bundled way, is…
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility, Urban planning
Mid-term Review - A cross-sectorial cooperation for climate adaptation and development
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
Dear UBC colleagues, last week IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change came out with an alarming report on the impacts of global warming. The report puts us all in a situation where we need to demand and pursue for urgent changes for sustaining our conditions all over the globe.
Type: Sustainable Cities Bulletin
Topic: Urban planning, Water
Baltic Urban Lab Policy Brief - Making the most of brownfield sites in the Baltic Sea Region reveals the challenges and opportunities related to brownfield redevelopment as well as presents public-private-people partnerships as a solution to tackle these challenges. This policy brief also presents the key recommendations based on Baltic Urban Lab lessons learned and results. They include policy…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Baltic Urban Lab collected examples of brownfield regeneration projects from the Baltic Sea region and beyond to share examples of how cities have successfully managed complex urban regeneration projects. Cities around the region with similar challenges can learn from these examples. In addition, a collection of tested citizen participation tools is available in order to get concrete ideas and…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Brownfield redevelopment is a complex process and requires good cooperation and commitment from all involved parties. This guide is targeted to urban planners and other experts interested to learn more how to develop brownfield areas in cooperation with citizens, NGOs, land-owners, developers and other stakeholders.
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
During Baltic Urban Lab the project cities have explored different methods for stakeholder involvement and participation. Experiences and lessons learned from cities have been now gathered and analysed in one publication “Developing brownfields via Public-Private-People partnerships” published by Nordregio. The report is based on observation and analysis of the methods for stakeholder involvement…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Current stormwater management practices consider just one unique solution, pipes. However, over the last decades, the conventional stormwater drainage has been proven insufficient to manage all impacts related to urban runoff. Cities all over the world are facing common challenges of increasing stormwater floods, and degradation of natural resources and infrastructure caused by climate change and…
Type: Publication
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
There is a high demand for redeveloping brownfield areas to make European cities grow in a more sustainable manner. However, the Central Baltic region does not have a long tradition of national policy approaches to brownfield redevelopment. Nor there is a commonly agreed European definitions on what a brownfield is. Baltic Urban Lab has published a definition for brownfields based on the…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning