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The transformation required to create sustainable and climate-neutral societies by 2030 requires bold new ways of working to fundamentally change our social and economic systems. In order to find these new ways, Viable Cities and Vinnova, together with a number of pioneer cities and other key actors, have started the development of the System Demonstrators for Climate Neutral Cities tool.

In Sweden, one man is helping cities reach net zero using humanity's oldest tool: telling stories. He believes it's time to change the narrative on climate change

Information Policy Stats Four cities selected for the Climate Smart Cities Challenge Nairobi, Stockholm – 14 April 2021 - Curitiba (Brazil), Bogotá (Colombia), Bristol (UK) and Makindye Ssabagabo (Uganda). These are the four cities officially invited  to collaborate in the open innovation initiative Climate Smart Cities Challenge, with the aim of developing, testing and scaling cutting-edge solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With the cities and respective challenges selected, th...

Bridging the investment gap: Infrastructuring tomorrow Opinion 27 Jan 2021 Over the past year, Dark Matter Labs has been reimagining infrastructures with stakeholders throughout Europe, including the EIT Climate-KIC Healthy, Clean Cities Deep Demonstration. This article is a lightly edited extract from a full-length version, first published on Dark Matter Labs’ blog. It has often been stated that societies, civilisations and cities live or die by the infrastructure they build. Man...