Workshop: Accelerating Urban Decarbonisation through City–Business Collaboration

​Across Europe, cities are at the forefront of the climate transition. Although they cover only around 2% of the world’s surface, they consume roughly 78% of global energy and generate more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions.

​Through the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, supported by the NetZeroCities platform, more than 100 cities have committed to reaching climate neutrality by 2030. These commitments are formalised through Climate City Contracts, alongside associated investment plans that define priority actions and funding pathways.

​The Challenge: 

​Norwegian, and more broadly cities across the Nordic are pushing toward climate neutrality, yet the most stubborn emissions are concentrated in hard-to-abate urban systems: such as maritime, construction, and local energy systems. These sectors require deep technology shifts, massive infrastructure adaptation, and new forms of cooperation between cities, industry, and national government. 

Workshop Focus:
Accelerating decarbonisation in hard-to-abate urban systems through coordinated city demand, industrial readiness, and system enablers. 

​The session identifies where aligned city demand, industry readiness, and national enablers can accelerate emission reductions across freight, maritime, construction, buildings, and local energy systems. Participants will codevelop practical demand signals, system enablers, and collaboration pathways to deliver faster, deeper urban decarbonisation.

This workshop brings Nordic cities, industry, and national actors together to work collectively on where implementation is currently blocked and where it can be accelerated.

NB! This workshop requires either a full conference ticket to Nordic Edge Expo, or the workshop ticket. Both sold here: https://www.nordicedgeexpo.org/tickets