Many Nordic municipalities have set as their goal to reach climate neutrality this decade. A perspective still often missing is the wider view of climate neutrality related to consumption-based emissions, as well as how to deal with sinks at the local level. This project aims to develop Nordic best-practice guidelines for how municipalities can work to quantify consumption-based emissions and sinks, which will be used to support municipalities in the drafting of road maps for climate neutrality.
Photo: Oberlehner / Pixabay.
Photo: Oberlehner / Pixabay
Many Nordic municipalities have set a goal of achieving climate neutrality this decade. A perspective that still often missing is the wider view of climate neutrality related to consumption-based emissions, such as also factoring in impacts from consumption that is often produced outside territorial borders.
How to deal with sinks is also a topic gaining increasing attention at the local level. Through a series of workshops with municipalities in the Nordic region, this project aimed to develop Nordic best-practice guidelines for how municipalities can work to quantify consumption-based emissions and sinks, which was used to support municipalities in the drafting of road maps for climate neutrality.
The project shared experiences across the Nordic region on this topic and published a report that synthesized the current best practices and the needs identified among Nordic municipalities in their efforts to reach climate neutrality.
The project was implemented together with three Nordic partners: Aarhus University in Denmark, SYKE in Finland and Cicero in Norway.
Past event / This workshop aims to share lessons learned from the current work of Nordic municipalities on estimating consumption-based emissions and challenges identified.
Past event / Join our workshop on 2 June 2022 to explore the current work of Nordic municipalities on climate neutrality.
Other publication / Read about the opportunities and challenges related to the strengthening of carbon sinks in municipalities across the Nordic countries.
Other publication / This policy brief explores local emission inventories for consumption-based impacts as a base for just an sustainable climate neutral Nordic municipalities
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