News for topic Climate-change

Liepaja leads innovation with smart waste sensors on beachfront

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The city of Liepaja is leading the way in smart waste management by deploying advanced technology to maintain the cleanliness of its iconic beach, in collaboration with international partners from the city of Valencia. This initiative aligns with the broader European goals of sustainable, green, and climate-neutral urban development.

Umeå: Leading Transition Together

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Umeå, a city with high ambitions for sustainability and climate action, has recently been awarded the prestigious EU Mission Label. Read about the initiatives launched under Umeå’s pilot project “North Star” coordinated by NetZeroCities and funded by the European Union!

UBC takes the stage at the EUSBSR Annual Forum in Visby

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The Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is the main event for the stakeholders of our area to meet, exchange, network, and plan further activities. This year’s 15th Forum took place in Visby on 29-31 October 2024 and attracted 650 participants at the venue – not to mention the online audience of the livestreams!

Accelerate Your City’s Climate Action with CDP-ICLEI Track

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As a UBC member city, we encourage you to take full advantage of the CDP-ICLEI Track platform to report your environmental data. This disclosure enables cities to track their progress, benchmark the data against peers, and access the data to set and meet ambitious climate targets.

Cities exchange best practices in climate budgeting

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Organised in early October 2024, the project meeting of Climate-4-CAST created a great exchange opportunity for different climate budgeting practices from cities in the Baltic Sea Region.

Sustainable transformation of Gdańsk districts

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This seminar was titled “Sustainable transformation for resilient coastal city”, focusing on three areas of the hosting city of Gdańsk: two parts of the harbour zone and the area next to the football arena built for UEFA Euro 2012. The aim of the seminar was to provide new functional visions for these areas, prepared by the teams of international experts from UBC member cities in line with the hosting city’s strategic objectives.

2024 CDP City Disclosure Cycle is now open!

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We are excited to announce that the 2024 CDP-ICLEI Track reporting platform is now open! UBC member cities are warmly invited to share their climate and environmental data as part of this year’s disclosure cycle. The platform is now open! Cities that disclose their data by September 18 will have it assessed and scored by CDP. Albeit no score will be issued for the data disclosed after this date, the questionnaire will still be open until the beginning of December.

Baltic Cities Bulletin "Towards green and just transition"

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Our Sustainable Cities Commission co-created the spring 2024 edition of the Baltic Cities Bulletin under the topic "Towards green and just transition"!

Cities shaping Climate Action Decision Support Tool together

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Climate-4-CAST: the project involving 20 municipalitiesThe Climate-4-CAST project (A Climate Action Decision Support Tool to accelerate cities’ progress towards climate neutrality) started in November 2023, funded by the Interreg BSR Programme.

Interreg has a lot to offer for cities in the region

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On 27 February 2024, our Secretariat had a pleasure of arranging a special edition of the UBC TAKLS webinar series – together with the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme! This webinar focused on funding for innovative and climate-smart cities, presenting the open call for funding and the thematic priorities of the Programme 2021-2027, which has put cities into the core of its activities.

Innovative collaborations accelerate Malmö's journey to climate neutrality

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Malmö, a leading city in sustainable development, has undertaken a determined path towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2030. With ambitious targets, agile roadmaps, and strategic partnerships, the city is not only focused on climate neutrality but also ensuring an inclusive, just and equitable climate transition.

Kemi – City of Snowman

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Kemi provides an Environmental Handbook for companies, and the Snowman – for everyone, as a figurehead for the tourism of the Lapland as a whole, and City of Kemi in particular.