STAGING ENVIRONMENT

HelsinkiNordic Edge Expo

Smart leadership towards sustainability – Finnish cities in spotlight

The Agenda 2030 challenges cities to progressive leadership towards sustainable development. The broad definition of sustainability calls for cross-sectoral strategic work. Our project worked with 12 Finnish municipalities ranging in size, type, and location to identify three leadership models for sustainable development through which the local level cross-sectoral work can be organised purposefully and in a more impactful manner. The presentation highlights the models with examples from Finnish cities, paying special attention to their achievements in energy transition.

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Kaisa Schmidt-Thomé has a research background in Urban Studies and works as a Senior Expert in the Urban Transformations team at Demos Helsinki. She specializes in questions of fair and sustainable urban futures and strategic urban leadership. For her, a city is smart only if its prosperity does not burden the planet nor push certain groups of people to its margins. Otsikko: Smart leadership towards sustainability – Finnish cities in spotlight.

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