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How can I live a 1.5-degree life? – The climate campaign of the City of Turku has answers for you
The City of Turku has set a goal of being carbon neutral by 2029. To achieve this goal both residents and businesses are needed, in addition to the actions taken by the city. The 1.5-degree campaign wants to encourage you to ponder climate-friendly actions that are suitable for you.
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Turku is doing its part to keep the word on track to the 1.5 degree target
City of Turku can reduce itself half of the region's emissions. The rest of the emission reductions will require efforts from businesses, communities and residents - as most of society’s climate emissions come from living, food, transport and consumption. Turku wants to encourage citizens to shift towards sustainable 1.5 degree lifestyles and to invite other cities around the world to join.
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Carbon neutral Turku
Turku is a city on the southwest coast of Finland, at the mouth of the Aura River in the region of Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi). Turku aims to be carbon neutral by 2029 and climate positive from then onwards. The thrust is to inspire, encourage and support climate actions from all areas of the society- individuals, companies, city units, groups, businesses, civil society etc.
01.12.2021
The quality of water produced by Turku Region Water is rated the best in the world by Unesco
The water quality produced by Turku Region Water in Finland has been evaluated among the best in the world. The company is one of the largest suppliers of drinking water using managed aquifer recharge. The contribution of the Unesco book is a tribute to the Finnish water know-how, as the shortage of groundwater is a global challenge to be solved.
24.11.2021
Circular Turku - A Roadmap Toward Resource Wisdom
Resource wisdom means sustainable use of natural resources, zero waste and zero emissions. Achieving these goals is a prerequisite for sustainable well-being in the Turku region. The circular economy provides a framework for concrete interventions that will lead the Turku region toward resource wisdom.
19.11.2021
Turku is included in the list of the world's leading climate cities
For the third year in a row, Turku has been included in the list of the world's leading climate cities. Thanks to its climate measures, Turku is recognised as one the 95 best cities in the world in the A list by the international CDP organisation.
05.11.2021
Mayor Minna Arve brings climate message from Turku to Glasgow climate change conference
Turku Mayor Minna Arve is taking part in the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in the UK from 10 - 11 November 2021. Arve is delivering her climate message and speaking on climate action taken by Turku at two different events.
01.12.2021
The quality of water produced by Turku Region Water is rated the best in the world by Unesco
The water quality produced by Turku Region Water in Finland has been evaluated among the best in the world. The company is one of the largest suppliers of drinking water using managed aquifer recharge. The contribution of the Unesco book is a tribute to the Finnish water know-how, as the shortage of groundwater is a global challenge to be solved.
24.11.2021
Circular Turku - A Roadmap Toward Resource Wisdom
Resource wisdom means sustainable use of natural resources, zero waste and zero emissions. Achieving these goals is a prerequisite for sustainable well-being in the Turku region. The circular economy provides a framework for concrete interventions that will lead the Turku region toward resource wisdom.
19.11.2021
Turku is included in the list of the world's leading climate cities
For the third year in a row, Turku has been included in the list of the world's leading climate cities. Thanks to its climate measures, Turku is recognised as one the 95 best cities in the world in the A list by the international CDP organisation.
05.11.2021
Mayor Minna Arve brings climate message from Turku to Glasgow climate change conference
Turku Mayor Minna Arve is taking part in the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in the UK from 10 - 11 November 2021. Arve is delivering her climate message and speaking on climate action taken by Turku at two different events.
24.08.2021
Videos on climate change by Finnish and Japanese youth to be presented at COP26
When the cities of Nagano and Obuse in Japan and Turku in Finland were paired up for cooperation within the IUC programme in 2019, they were interested in tackling the issue of climate change. The Japanese cities had recently been hit by a typhoon and Turku had had experiences with unexpected flooding. The question they asked themselves was: How to deal with vulnerabilities in face of local climate extremes related to global warming?
06.04.2021
‘Three generations’ won the Turku climate video competition
In collaboration with Yokohama, Nagano and Obuse in Japan, the City of Turku held a video competition with a climate theme for young people. The entries to the competition depicted life according to the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement in artistic video clips.
26.03.2021
Youth from Turku, Yokohama and Nagano join forces to call for a 1.5-Degree Life
Consumption-based emissions—the so-called indirect emissions associated with food choices, travel habits, supply chains and many more activities that keep cities running but are not directly tied to local production—are proving to be the blind spot of current mitigation efforts.
Read Marion Guenard´s article in ICLEI´s CityTalk blog
Several actors from Turku are involved
16.12.2020
RESPONSE – integrated solutions for energy positive and resilient neighbourhoods and cities
Funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, RESPONSE is a 60-month project that aims to establish a strategic vision for Smart Cities Energy Transition: Climate-neutral cities by 2050.
01.12.2021
The quality of water produced by Turku Region Water is rated the best in the world by Unesco
The water quality produced by Turku Region Water in Finland has been evaluated among the best in the world. The company is one of the largest suppliers of drinking water using managed aquifer recharge. The contribution of the Unesco book is a tribute to the Finnish water know-how, as the shortage of groundwater is a global challenge to be solved.
19.11.2021
Turku is included in the list of the world's leading climate cities
For the third year in a row, Turku has been included in the list of the world's leading climate cities. Thanks to its climate measures, Turku is recognised as one the 95 best cities in the world in the A list by the international CDP organisation.
05.11.2021
Mayor Minna Arve brings climate message from Turku to Glasgow climate change conference
Turku Mayor Minna Arve is taking part in the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in the UK from 10 - 11 November 2021. Arve is delivering her climate message and speaking on climate action taken by Turku at two different events.
Event was organized on October 11 – 15
20.10.2021
Mayor of Turku Minna Arve participated in the Innovate4Cities Conference
Mayor of Turku Minna Arve participated in the Innovate4Cities Conference organized by UN Habitat and the Global Covenant of Mayors. Ms. Arve presented the circular economy work in Turku and how it links to climate efforts of the city.
06.04.2021
‘Three generations’ won the Turku climate video competition
In collaboration with Yokohama, Nagano and Obuse in Japan, the City of Turku held a video competition with a climate theme for young people. The entries to the competition depicted life according to the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement in artistic video clips.
Several actors from Turku are involved
16.12.2020
RESPONSE – integrated solutions for energy positive and resilient neighbourhoods and cities
Funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, RESPONSE is a 60-month project that aims to establish a strategic vision for Smart Cities Energy Transition: Climate-neutral cities by 2050.
Turku holds special environmental values
15.12.2020
Turku is among the first cities to join the EU Green City Accord
Since joining the Green City Accord initiative, the city of Turku is currently drawing up a practical programme to protect the diversity of nature. The city has also implemented a progressive forest strategy and is working to conserve the Baltic Sea.
03.12.2020
Turku, Nagano, Yokohama and Obuse Collaborate on Tackling Climate Change
What does the 1.5-degree temperature rise limit in the Paris Agreement mean in practice? This question is presented in the video competition that is organised simultaneously in Turku and in three Japanese cities.
Submit your video by 31 December
29.10.2020
Take Part in the 1.5-Degree Life Video Competition!
What does a climate-sustainable lifestyle look like? Tell us by making a creative video and inspire others to join. Prizes worth of 2000 euros in total.
28.9.2020
28.08.2020
World Circular Economy Forum Side Event: Putting the circular city into practice
ICLEI and the city of Turku will co-host an online session on 28 September as part of the World Circular Economy Forum 2020 to support local governments in putting the circular economy in practice.