Common use of Regional Climate Contracts Clause in Contracts

Regional Climate Contracts. ‌ During 2022, based on the work so far on Climate City Contract 2030, Viable Cities has a separate government assignment via the Swedish Energy Agency to provide support for necessary innovation in the field of sustainable urban and societal development in the regions Norrbotten and Västerbotten. This support is targeted at the municipalities in the northernmost regions of Sweden that are affected by major industrial establishments and expansions, and is intended to support the work of the Swedish Government’s national coordinator for societal transition in Norrbotten and Västerbotten Counties. It is also the ambition that this work to further develop Climate City Contract 2030 at a regional level will lead to new forms of collaboration that may be interesting to implement in other Swedish regions. In addition, Viable Cities, together with participating cities and government agencies, is keen to contribute to the ongoing government commission that is preparing analyses and proposals for the Government’s forthcoming climate policy action plan for 2023. This includes the assignment regarding local and regional climate action plans assigned to the County Administrative Board of Uppsala with support from the Swedish Energy Agency and Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, as well as parallel assignments to Transport Analysis regarding climate impact in the transport sector and the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis on the development of trade and industry.