Publications

Project summary list

Is your plan to step up your actions to achieve and sustain climate neutrality and positivity? Would you like to get access to free, scalable, robust and holistic tools to help monitor and showcase your achievements, and compare your result with your peer cities? You can achieve all the above and even more by joining fellow UBC cities disclosing environmental data through CDP-ICLEI Track!
Type: Video
The UBC TALKS webinar on 29 November 2022 looked into how cities can successfully work on the UN 2030 Agenda. The webinar shared best practices on localising Sustainable Development Goals and benefits of getting involved in a Voluntary Local Review process.
Type: Video
Dear UBC colleagues, It can be hard to grasp that this year is already slowly coming to an end, and the world today is not the same as it was in the beginning of 2022. The pressing uncertainty can endanger democracies, but to quote a speaker at this year’s EUSBSR Annual Forum in Lappeenranta, “the Baltic Sea Region has incredible potential for renewable energies, stable democracies – let’s make…
Type: eBulletin
The UBC TALKS webinar on 25 October 2022 focused on the 100 Cities Mission and how UBC member cities included in this number plan to reach climate neutrality.
Type: Video
The EUCF info session in Finnish was organized in co-operation with FCG. The info session was recorded on 7.9.2022.
Type: Video
Topic: Energy
This webinar was held by EC Network in co-operation with UBC Sustainable Cities Commission 08.09.2022
Type: Video
Topic: Energy
This webinar was held by EC Network in co-operation with UBC Sustainable Cities Commission 08.09.2022.
Type: Publication
Topic: Energy
The webinar was held 05.07.2022 by Ekodoma in cooperation with UBC SCC.
Type: Publication
Topic: Energy
Dear UBC colleagues, The start of the year has been extremely challenging and sorrowful in our region, and once again we recognise the importance of cooperation, solidarity and mutual support in one of the most severe crises so far. Over 30 years we have been building together trust and partnerships that are essential for changing our region and cities to more inclusive, attractive, and…
Type: eBulletin
Leaflet with the core topics of UBC SCC and what we offer for your city.
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Dear UBC colleagues,
Type: eBulletin
The EU has set an ambitious goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2050. Achieving this will require efforts on all fronts and governance levels from national to local. Even though cities are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, they are also uniquely positioned to take a leadership role in both mitigating and adapting to its effects. In 2021, the Union of the Baltic Cities has launched the…
Type: Publication
The UBC TALKS webinar about holistic solutions to mobility in port areas took place on 22 February 2022, bringing the examples and tools from the UBC member cities.
Type: Video
Dear UBC colleagues,
Type: eBulletin
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The fourth webinar of the Baltic Urban Lab project sharing experiences on new digital tools that were developed as part of the participatory urban planning activities.
Type: Video
The publication "Онлайн-платформа Baltic Smart Water Hub" contains cases of good practices and technical solutions launched in the Baltic Sea Region that are published on the online platform. The cases selected by their relevance have been translated to the Russian language to support lifelong learning in Belarus and Russia in the field of smart water management, and to transfer knowledge and…
Type: Publication
Topic: Water
Baltic Urban Lab project (2015-2018) was a cross-border cooperation project where four cities - Tallinn, Turku, Riga and Norrköping - tested and piloted different methods for inclusive and integrated planning of brownfield areas.
Type: Video
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
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: eBulletin
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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
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
Dealing with the past and planning for the future - Turning urban brownfields into possibilities Lessons learned from Baltic Urban Lab & Keynote 1 Baltic Urban Lab Final Conference 6-7 September 2018
Type: Video
Dealing with the past and planning for the future - Turning urban brownfields into possibilities Interactive Session 1: Dealing with the past - managing the transformation process. Baltic Urban Lab Final Conference 6-7 September 2018
Type: Video