Climate Smart Cities Challenge Competition and Expo 2020
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Teknikföretagens Service i Sverige AB - Teknikföretagens Service i Sverige AB, STOCKHOLM |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 500 000 |
| Project duration | December 2020 - June 2021 |
| Status | Completed |
Important results from the project
The Climate Smart Cities Challenge is an opportunity for cities to participate as implementation partners in a citybased open innovation competition that will invite a pool of technologists, businesses and investors to develop, test and scale cutting-edge solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a better future for all. Cities are invited to host a real-world testbed and invite problem-solvers to compete to develop and scale potential solutions to their greenhouse gas challenges and create other social benefits.
Expected long term effects
The challenge is aimed to demonstrate that the system approach of technology, knowledge and finance can be part of the solution to the global climate crisis for 75 % of GHG emissions. The project further aims to identify hinder for policy implementation, and develop an integrated model for bringing solutions, investment models and cases for an integrated solution to cities´ needs to become climate neutral.
Approach and implementation
** Denna text är maskinöversatt ** Between November 2020 and February 2021, an "open call" was made to mobilize the cities and their actors. In the spring of 2021, UN-Habitat worked with the four selected cities to formulate, deepen and analyze the challenges. During the summer of 2022, there will be a launch, soft launch of the competition, ahead of the official opening of the competition, which will take place in connection with the World Exhibition in Dubai, Expo 2020.