MDI is involved in exploring opportunities to encourage cities and municipalities in their climate and circular economy measures

Municipalities have a critical role to play in climate change and circular economy work. The current Finnish Government has set an ambitious goal for a carbon-neutral Finland by 2035 and for example, more and more enterprises see regulations on emissions and biodiversity as a factor in competitiveness.

MDI is carrying out a study tasked with  encouraging cities and municipalities in respect of their climate change and circular economy measures together with Tyrsky Consulting Oy and Valonia. The report is commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment.

The aim of the study is to outline what new instruments could add value to promote both national climate policy and circular economy objectives and also the climate and circular economy actions of cities and municipalities. The report evaluates the various implementation approaches used in relation to the instruments and considers the ‘pros and cons’ of the different options.

A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme

AGDA is a Nordic development project funded by the Nordic Gender Equality Fund (NIKK). The project focuses on the opportunities that a greater focus on diversity and inclusion could create in the RDI-field, particularly in respect of green transition.

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MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities

The challenge bundle work is the cross-cutting co-development of the “Sustainable City” programme, co-ordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of producing and sharing information, knowledge and solutions to the challenges linking cities’ management and practice in the area of leading work towards sustainability. The work produces concrete development measures, new ways of doing things and peer learning.

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