Common use of Viable Cities’ commitments Clause in Contracts

Viable Cities’ commitments. The innovation programme Viable Cities is implemented in a broad collaboration in order to contribute to the transition to climate-neutral cities by 2030 as part of Sweden’s commitment to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda and the aims of the Paris Agreement. This includes being international role models for climate transition in cities. Viable Cities works with a wide range of stakeholders across disciplinary boundaries, industries and societal sectors. The programme connects centres of research excel- lence with large, small and medium-sized enterprises in a range of industries, as well as with public sector and civil society organizations. Within the framework of Viable Cities’ strategic innovation role, the programme shall strive to achieve the following: 4.1. Better regulation‌‌‌ Viable Cities intends to create competence support with policy labs to provide the municipality with a better overview of current and proposed Swedish and European legislation, regulation and standards of relevance to the cities’ climate transition. This includes process support for changing regulations and standards to facilitate the climate transition in practice. In the initial phase, this will be linked to work to develop system demonstrators (see Section 6).