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Helsinki Capital Region as a global driver of cleantech

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This study analyses the Helsinki Capital Region’s position in relation to the world’s top cities in terms of various aspects of sustainability. The conclusion reinforces the idea that the main development effort in the Helsinki Capital Region should focus on the energy system, transport and the development of the cleantech business.

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Title

Helsinki Capital Region as a global driver of cleantech

Authors

Mirja Mutikainen, Kalle Lamminmäki, Pipsa Purhonen, Maarit Vuorela

Place of publication

Helsinki

Year of publication

2014

Publisher

Sitra

Outlook

76 p.

ISBN (paperback)

978-951-563-892-2

ISBN (PDF)

978-951-563-891-5

ISSN (paperback)

1796-7104

ISSN (PDF)

1796-7112

Subject

CLEANTECH BUSINESS, SUSTAINABILITY, CLEAN ENERGY, ENERGY SYSTEM, TRANSPORT, CLEANTECH COMPANIES, ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, CITY REGIONS, BENCHMARKING, ECOLOGY, ECOLOGY EFFICIENCY, BUILT-UP ENVIRONMENT, GOVERNMENT, STRUCTURAL CHANGE, COMMUNITY, INDUSTRY, DEVELOPMENT

Series

Sitra studies

Publication number

81

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What's this about?

Project

Smart & Clean Helsinki Metropolitan area

Smart cities will create markets worth 1.5 trillion euros by 2020. We will be making the Helsinki Metropolitan area into a test platform to showcase the best of these solutions.
Topic

Carbon-neutral industry

Companies play a key role in the implementation of climate targets. The decisions made by pioneering companies make a controlled transition towards a carbon-neutral society possible; a transformation that will affect all of society.
Theme

A carbon-neutral circular economy

The way we live, travel, eat and do business is undergoing a radical change. The new everyday life will be based on using services instead of owning things.