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    Cities are at the heart of the climate change problem. But cities are also the key to the solution. Cities need to take climate change seriously and significantly reduce their carbon emissions, while improving their resilience and adaptability to climate-related disasters and negative effects. Now is the time for action.
    UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif
    The sharing economy is often described as a metropolitan phenomenon where cities like Seoul or New York are highlighted, and global services like Airbnb. But the example of Fritidsbanken illustrates how some types of projects and sharing solutions can work even better in smaller towns.
    Charlotte Wedberg, project manager at Karlstad municipality.
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    Radical Implementation for Climate Neutral Cities

    With seven years left to achieve the mission of climate-neutral cities by 2030, radical implementation is required. In 23 Swedish pioneer cities, numerous efforts are currently underway, contributing in various ways to the transition. Local businesses are mobilising alongside municipalities, new ways to govern and lead the transition are being developed, innovative solutions that significantly reduce emissions are spreading, and climate ideas from citizens are becoming a reality. On European Viable Cities Day, December 8, successes are celebrated, and upcoming efforts for the climate are

    Seven Swedish municipalities selected for the EU's mission climate-neutral cities

    Gävle, Göteborg, Helsingborg, Lund, Malmö, Stockholm and Umeå. They are the Swedish municipalities who are chosen to take part in the EU mission on climate neutral cities 2030 – the Cities Mission. 100 EU cities, plus 12 cities from associated countries, out of 377 applicants were selected.– It is fantastic that seven of "our" cities were chosen! I am so happy. It will provide even more energy and new experiences and lessons for climate transition in all of Sweden's municipalities, says Olga Kordas, Viable Cities' programme director. Last year, the European Commission asked all European

    Viable Cities launches global city-focused climate innovation competition

    Viable Cities, UN-Habitat and many partners from Sweden and beyond, today launched the Climate Smart Cities Challenge at the Swedish Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai to accelerate the shift to climate neutral cities.The Climate Smart Cities Challenge invites innovative organisations of different types and sizes to submit their best approaches, solutions and technologies to reduce carbon emissions while providing positive impacts on the quality of life in four cities – Bogota, Colombia; Bristol, United Kingdom; Curitiba, Brazil and Makindye Ssabagabo, Uganda. The climate challenges of these

    Swedish cities take a lead on the sharing economy

    The national program Sharing Cities Sweden closed at the end of August 2021. The program has been an important element of Viable Cities, the strategic innovation program for smart and sustainable cities. The program has placed much focus on how city governments can facilitate the sharing of things, services, places and mobility. – We see that cities really can accelerate sustainable consumption by stimulating individuals and actors to share for example gadgets and surfaces, however, we also see that the efforts by urban actors need to be carefully designed, says Kes McCormick, programme

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