Climate-neutral cities’ conference

September 9

Programme

Moderator: Andrei Liimets
10:00 Opening remarks
Mr Urmas Klaas, Mayor of Tartu
Mr Aleksi Jäntti, Deputy Mayor of Tampere
H. E. Vesa Vasara, Ambassador of Finland

PART I – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

10:30 – 10:50 Tampere in green transition
Kari Kankaala (Director, Environment & Development, Tampere)
10:50 – 11:10 Tartu in green transition
Kaspar Alev, (Climate Specialist, Tartu City Government)
11:10 – 11:40 Discussion on organization adaptation and community involment
Raimond Tamm (Deputy Mayor of Tartu) and Aleksi Jäntti (Deputy Mayor of Tampere)
11:40 – 12:00 Coffee break

PART II – LIVABLE CITIES

12:00 – 12:20 (Bio)diversity
Anna-Liisa Unt (Landscape Architect, Tartu City Government)
12:20 – 12:40 Commentary speech: Actions on biodiversity loss
Kati Skippari (Head of Environmental Protection, Tampere) / Anni Nousiainen (Biodiversity Expert, Tampere)
12:40 – 13:00 Sustainable transport policies
Sanna Ovaska (Project Manager / Traffic System Planning)
13:00 – 13:30 Discussion on livable cities and diverse urban space
Age Poom (Tartu University Mobility Lab), Kari Kankaala / Aleksi Jäntti (Deputy Mayor of Tampere)
13:30 – 14:30 lunch

14:30 – PART III – SITE VISITS HOSTED BY MS ANDRA ASSER

The city of Tartu is firmly moving towards carbon neutrality. In recent years, various projects aimed at reducing the city’s footprint have been implemented in renovation, mobility, street lighting, district heating and other areas. One of the most significant and complex has been the SmartEnCity lighthouse project which just ended – in July this year. We walk through the city center area and get acquainted with the smart apartment buildings renovated with the support of the project, innovations in district cooling/heating, sustainable solutions in mobility and street lighting.