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Dear colleagues, The year 2017 has been a year full of activities. At the UBC General Conference in Växjö we appointed new co-chairs and Advisory Board for the next two years. During the year, we have also launched new projects and the Baltic Smart Water Hub.
Type: eBulletin
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"Climate Leadership from the Baltic Sea Region Cities"-report was launched during the XIV UBC General Conference in Växjö, Sweden, on 25 October 2017. The report is the result of a cooperation between UBC and CDP.
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Green governance
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
Resource Wisdom and #Biosphere areas in UBC cities, UBC Sustainable Cities Commission Meeting, Day 1.
Type: Video
Topic: Resource efficiency
Dynamics of Biosphere area development. Cases from UBC cities on how biosphere region works as a promoter of competitiveness and sustainability, e.g. in urban planning and in development of local businesses and tourism.
Type: Video
Topic: Urban planning
Introduction to the Case: ”Lake Päijänne biosphere initiative” by Ms. Päivi Halinen, Senior Adviser, ProPäijänne  Association
Type: Video
Topic: Biodiversity
Brownfield redevelopment is an important topic in Europe, where many countries and cities are experiencing rapid urbanisation. The aim of this brochure is to enable experiences of brownfield redevelopment to be exchanged between the Central Baltic countries (Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden) by providing knowledge about the conditions for brownfield redevelopment in each country. The brochure…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Sam Stäuber, Diver, Interview is part of the educational materials produced in the Finnish-Russian project " Baltic Sea Needs Action". Subtitled in english and russian.
Type: Video
Topic: Biodiversity, Water
Natalja Antjuh, Olympic champion
Type: Video
Topic: Water
Mikko Jokinen, Head of the Environment Department of the City of Turku (1984 - 2015)   Interview is part of the educational materials produced in the Finnish-Russian project " Baltic Sea Needs Action".
Type: Video
Topic: Water
Jukka Käyhkö, professor of Geography
Type: Video
Topic: Water
Jussi Laaksonlaita, field expert
Type: Video
Topic: Water
Antero Eloranta, fisher
Type: Video
Topic: Water
Ekaterina Matyushkina, children writer and illustrator
Type: Video
Topic: Water
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
SmartComp – Smart Competitiveness for the Central Baltic region aimed to support smart, environmentally sustainable development, growth, competition and cooperation between maritime clusters, cities and universities in the Central Baltic region. Project's first research report studied how the maritime clusters in the region could improve their competitiveness, what are the key competences of the…
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility, Water
Baltic Sea Needs Actions: Kirill Nabutov, Producer
Type: Video
Topic: Water
Viktor Bychkov, actor
Type: Video
Topic: Water
Type: Video
Topic: Water
NordLead project aimed at mapping out the success factors and support needs in local climate work in the Nordic countries. NordLead aimed at strengthening the capacities of the Nordic municipalities to tackle the issue of climate change by mutual learning and developing new support structures. The main output of the project was the study report “Aspects of strategic climate work in Nordic…
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change
В рамках проекта PURE завершилась реализация инвестиций и оптимизация технологического процесса на очистных сооружениях предприятий-партнеров в Беларуси (г. Брест), Эстонии (г. Кохтла-Ярве), Латвии (г. Рига и г. Юрмала) и Польше (г. Щецин и г. Гданьск). Предприятия, добившиеся высоких результатов, поделились передовым опытом очистки сточных вод и обработки осадка (г. Любек, Германия) и управления…
Type: Publication
Topic: Water
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
Durch die kommunale Abwasserbehandlung wird eine große Menge Klärschlamm produziert. Zum Beispiel beträgt die Menge der im Ostseeeinzugsgebiet produzierten Klärschlämme ca. 3,5 Millionen Tonnen Trockensubstanz jährlich – wobei sich diese Zahl bis 2020 auf beinahe vier Millionen erhöhen soll. Jede moderne kommunale Kläranlage muss der Schlammbehandlung gebührend Rechnung tragen: Es ist wichtig zu…
Type: Publication
Topic:
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