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In this project, 13 professionally maintained museums in Southwest Finland will develop their activities and critically examine their operating environment from the perspective of ecological sustainability.
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). It is a regional capital and a vital business and cultural center. Turku has a population of 190000, increasing at 0.9% per annum, making it the sixth largest city in Finland. There over 330,192 inhabitants living in the Turku sub-region, ranking it the third largest urban area in Finland.
The European Commission has approved the commitments, measures and investment plan of the Turku Climate City Contract.
Turku, which has been selected as one of the world's leading climate cities for five consecutive years, now wants to be one of the world's leading
Mayor of Turku Minna Arve attended the Dubai Climate Change Co
One of the main topics of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) launching this week in Dubai is the assessment of the implementation of the Pari
The main goal of the event was collaboration, sharing of ideas and thoughts, and constructive dialogue between citizens and city employees.
The idea of the circular economy course was to get students to work in interdisciplinary groups on circular economy challenges.
In spring 2022, Turku was selected in the EU Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities”.
What?
Together with 52 fellow Pilot Cities, Turku will implement innovative actions to accelerate climate action and rapidly decarbonize.
Turku's position among the world's leading climate cities has been built through determined work for several years.
The UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh in November sought agreement on ways to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industria
A List cities are demonstrating their climate leadership through concerted and effective action, just as national governments have been asked to do
The conference seeks agreement on measures for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial levels.
The 100 cities selected to the Mission program should act as experimentation hubs and pave the way to enable all cities in Europe to reach climate-
Learn about climate change and the future by playing in Vartiovuorenpuisto
Upper secondary school student Aisha Abudu, 17, took part in a Fridays for Future demonstration in Turku a couple of years ago, in
The Missions are a new element of the EU’s research and innovation framework programme Horizon Europe.
To meet the 1.5 degree warming limit target set by the Paris Climate Agreement, the CDP has tightened previous city-level standards and conditions
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) is bringing together decision-makers from around the world to spur the countries to take ambitious action
The other elected Presidium members are President Mr. Frank Cownie - Mayor, City of Des Moines, USA; First Vice-President Ms.
RESPONSE aims to turn energy sustainability into a doable vision by solving the energy trilemma; security, equity/affordability and environmental s
The Green City Accord is a new European Commission initiative whose purpose is to encourage cities to take environmental action.