Helsinki is tapping an unexpected source of energy to heat its homes: cold water extracted from deep in the Baltic Sea.
The Finnish capital is joining Europe’s rush to find new sources of energy and reduce its reliance on imported fossil fuels with a new, carbon-neutral heating system.
The European Commission’s Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) is taking concrete shape with the selection of 12 cities and regions, which will act as Pilots for exemplary projects in terms o..
The guiding principle of the City Strategy is that Helsinki is a place of growth. This means, for example, that Helsinki is a good place to grow from a child into an adult, to grow one’s skills, and to continue to grow everything good that we already have. Helsinki must be a city where people can realize themselves, create opportunities and seize them. This also necessitates long-term and sustainable economic growth.
Electricity from heat pumps, combined with a shift to renewables in district heat networks, emerged as the winning technologies to drive the Finnish capital’s transition to carbon neutrality by 2035.
Finland has “a very strict target” to become carbon neutral by 2035 and the same goal applies to its capital city, said Kaisa-Reeta Koskinen, manager at the Carbon Neutral Helsinki project.
Helsinki has a huge challenge decarbonising its district heating system, which is currently entirely fuelled with coal and gas, she told a EURACTIV virtual event on 20 May.
CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), an organisation that gathers information and reports related to climate change, has added Helsinki to its A List of the leading cities of climate work in 2020. CDP is an internationally recognised non-profit organisation that gathers information on climate work in the public and private sectors around the world. Mayor of …
Helsinki takes seriously its responsibility in fighting the climate change. Our goal is a carbon-neutral Helsinki by the year 2035. We are preparing one million euro Helsinki Energy Challenge, by which we seek innovations, technologies and impactful solutions for replacing coal in the heating of Helsinki on sustainable way.
Interview with Anni Sinnemäki, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki (Finland): why ambitious local governments are crucial for reaching international climate targets
Today, leading European cities and companies have pledged to reduce carbon emissions from their buildings to net zero.
Helsinki, Finland and Valladolid, Spain have signed the World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, alongside property sector leaders Carbon Credentials, Grimshaw Architects and Grosvenor Group.
Des leaders du numérique dans les villes de Vienne (Autriche), Helsinki (Finlande) et Belfast (Irlande du Nord) mettent en œuvre des stratégies de services innovants, au service des citoyens et des économies locales.
The Mayor of Finland's capital launched a campaign on Wednesday aimed at tackling climate change called the Helsinki Challenge competition. During a Helsinki Symposium at City Hall, Mayor Jan Vapaavuori promised one million euros to whoever can devise an energy production method that would replace coal burning for heat in the capital city.
It will remove bicycle lanes from the sidewalks of 150 streets On 21 October, the Finnish City of Helsinki reported that it will remove bicycle lanes from the sidewalks of several streets in the suburbs. In other words, it will give pedestrians more space to walk safely and freely, without fearing that they may end up colliding with a cyclist.
On average, participants can earn around EUR 2 per kilometre From Saturday 10 July, cyclists in Helsinki will be able to earn money doing what they love whilst simultaneously helping the municipality repair damaged streets. This was announced on 28 June when the City of Helsinki shared that all residents are invited to take part in a game to map out 300 kilometres of cycling paths in the capital.
“I tend to dress for the occasion I’m going to, not for the bicycle trip” Henna Hovi, urban planner and cycling specialist for the city of Helsinki speaks with Geert Kloppenburg and Chris Bruntlett about Helsinki’s Bicycle Action Plan, the challenges and benefits of being a winter cycling cit
The European Circular Cities Declaration is designed to help accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy in Europe, and thereby create a resource-efficient, low-carbon and socially responsible society.
Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo are examining the latest CCS and CCU technologies to go carbon neutral. Though rarely discussed in the cities context, CCSU will be necessary if cities are to live up to the Paris Agreement and achieve their ambitious climate targets. “In identifying the potential for and barriers to CCSU on a city-scale, this research gives cities a better understanding of how to make decisions related to CCSU technology. To get to carbon neutrality well before 2050, cities need to understand all of the options available and risks associated with them, which this important five-city effort, led by Copenhagen, helps address.” said Johanna Partin, Director of CNCA.
Helsinki has signed the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment developed by the World Green Building Council, an international network of 70 sustainable building councils, informed Government Europa. The Finnish capital has adopted a commitment to ensuring the city’s building portfolio is wholly carbon neutral by 2030. Jan Vapaavuouri, Mayor of Helsinki underlined that “Climate change is the most crucial challenge of our time and Helsinki is at the forefront of the fight against it. The heating energy needed must be reduced systematically. That is why the buildings are at the core of the fight against climate change. Helsinki is committed to carrying out very ambitious measures on its portfolio of buildings to reduce the heating consumption and increase the use of renewable energy”.
In a glimpse of the future, an entire sports event has been run on horse manure.
The world’s governing equestrian body on Monday praised a climate-friendly scheme by a Finnish equestrian event to generate all its electricity needs from horse manure, saying the initiative paves way in cutting reliance on fossil fuels in horse sports.
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