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The UBC TALKS webinar on 28 November 2023 focused on one of the most pressing challenges the cities are facing – the plastic pollution. The discussion on addressing it through the strategies and action plans took place in the framework of BALTIPLAST project, with HAW Hamburg introducing the plastic threat, and three cities - Västerås, Helsinki and Tallinn - sharing experiences from solving it!
Type: Video
Topic: Resource efficiency
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: eBulletin
Topic: Climate change, Energy
Interview with Elina Rantanen, Deputy Mayor of Turku and 1st Vice-President of the Union of the Baltic Cities. Recorded at the UBC Planning & Sustainable Cities Commission meeting "Revitalizing urban space connected to the Sea" (13–15 September 2023 in Turku, Finland)
Type: Video
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
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: eBulletin
Topic: Climate change, Energy
The UBC TALKS webinar on 30 May 2023 focused on revitalising urban spaces from the holistic perspective of sustainable urban planning. This webinar was organised in connection with the UBC Planning & Sustainable Cities Commission meeting (13-15 September 2023 in Turku) to provide a basis and inspiration for the upcoming discussions.
Type: Video
Topic: Biodiversity, Mobility
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: eBulletin
Topic: Climate change, Energy
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
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
The UBC TALKS webinar on 28 March 2023 on the role of local authorities on the large macroregional arena – what regional organisations can do to support BSR cities on their paths to sustainability, regional cohesion, and climate neutrality.
Type: Video
Topic: Green governance
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
Developing low-carbon energy systems is a cornerstone of achieving carbon neutrality targets set in cities' climate and energy plans. The UBC TALKS webinar on 15 December 2020 showcased examples from on implementing sustainable energy solutions, presented local collaboration in energy planning in Area 21 project, as well as introduced a new funding instrument - European City facility aiming at…
Type: Video
Topic: Energy
Recording of the cities.multimodal webinar Co-creating urban space - testing the living street concept in the Baltic Sea Region more info: https://www.cities-multimodal.eu/
Type: Video
Topic: Mobility
At the UBC TALKS webinar on 24 November 2020 "Ensuring water safety from hazardous substances" we talked about ways to improve addressing hazardous substances in the wastewater treatment process, how to tackle industrial discharges into the municipal wastewater treatment line, and discussed best ways to raise awareness of citizens regarding their role in this cycle.
Type: Video
Topic: Water
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
The webinar on 27 October 2020 continued exploring the topic of "Local work on the Sustainable Development Goals in UBC Cities", this time focusing on how cities can integrate SDGs in their strategies and what are the experiences of working with SDGs on local level.
Type: Video
Topic: Green governance
Dear UBC colleagues, Now in October we have important events coming up for us. The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is organizing the Annual Forum and a series on workshop virtually. These are important and relevant for us, as we are right now in the phase of planning and deciding on our actions and cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region up until 2030!
Type: eBulletin
Topic: Mobility
The cities play an important role in the successful implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Our webinar on 22 September 2020 explored how to get started with the Voluntary Local Review (VLR) process, presented advice from the European Commission and shared experiences.
Type: Video
Topic: Green governance
This webinar was co-organized by the Finnish Consulting Group (FCG) and UBC Sustainable Cities Commission.
Type: Video
Topic:
This document – "Guidelines on how to implement MaaS in local contexts" – summarises the lessons learnt in the CIVITAS ECCENTRIC project during the years 2016–2020. The project was the first to include measures that focus on a new concept called Mobility as a Service, (MaaS). The first project publication – "MaaS Readiness Level Indicators for Local Authorities" – was published in Autumn 2017.…
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility
This webinar was co-organized by EUCF's Danish Country Expert EC Network and UBC Sustainable Cities Commission.
Type: Video
Topic:
This webinar was co-organized by EUCF's Estonian Country Expert Tartu Energy Agency and UBC Sustainable Cities.
Type: Video
Topic:
The webinar organized on 9 June 2020 was dedicated to the intelligent transport solutions piloting, introducing the HUPMOBILE project and ITS piloting, as well as presenting the agile piloting in Helsinki.
Type: Video
Topic: Mobility, Urban planning
The webinar opens up the topic "Change your way(s) – towards multimodal urban mobility in BSR cities".
Type: Video
Topic: Mobility
This is a webinar in Latvian about the European City Facility (EUCF). The webinar was moderated by Ekodoma, the Latvian Country expert in EUCF.
Type: Video
Topic:
Dear UBC colleagues, We hope you are all fine despite this extraordinary situation. We are facing a new kind of challenge under the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us during this spring are working from our homes.
Type: eBulletin
Topic: Mobility, Water