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ALMEDALEN SPECIAL – THE NORDIC ROAD TO PARIS AND BEYOND GREEN VOL 7 SOLUTIONS FROM SWEDEN 2015 AND THE NORDIC COUNTRIES Cities and Mayors Leading the New Climate Economy | 26 FINLAND ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIES IN 2050 | 32 HOT 50 – SWEDEN’S HOTTEST CLEANTECH COMPANIES | 16 MARK WATTS – C40 | 40 the keys to success in urban transformation? Successful cases CITIES AND MAYORS Sunday 28th of June from various parts of the world. Venue: Wisby Strand Congress, LEADING THE NEW CLIMATE ECONOMY • Niklas Nordström, Deputy Mayor of Luleå, Sweden & Event, Strandvägen 4, Visby • Aleksi Randell, Mayor of Turku, Finland – THE NORDIC ROAD TO PARIS AND BEYOND • Nils Hillebrand, Deputy Mayor of Linköping, Sweden 13.00 Success in Paris? How can cities • Bo Frank, Mayor of Växjö, Sweden contribute? And is there a Nordic way • Sandra Frank, Marketing Director, Folkhem to Paris and beyond? • Yvonne Borg, Director of Communications, E.ON • Pernilla Bonde, CEO, HSB Governments around the world have failed to lay the founda- tion for a global climate agreement. There are many doubts Facilitator: Hanna Begler, Project Leader, regarding the possible success of the Paris Summit in 2015. Global Utmaning A possible way to make progress, and take significant action 15:30 Coffee break where national governments have failed, is for the world’s cities, big and small, to take the lead in developing and im- 16.00 Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Cities plementing appropriate responses. Mayors and other muni- Cities around the globe are taking sustainability to a whole cipal leaders have already begun to implement strong new level, and developing inspiring solutions to many of our climate mitigation, adaptation, technology, finance policies greatest urban challenges.
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