Climate Street, Helsinki and Vantaa Ilmastokatu

To contribute to the Helsinki region’s goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and inspired by similar projects in other European cities, the Climate Street project was implemented in three streets in Helsinki and the neighbouring city Vantaa from 2015-2017. The project worked with a cooperative approach to engage a wide range of stakeholders, such as residents, citizens, businesses, property owners, housing associations, NGOs, school children, and city officials, through piloting small-scale solutions that could contribute to climate neutrality and climate resilience in the chosen streets. The aim was to create a reference point for climate-friendly development in an already existing urban environment to help scale up these experiences. During the three years, 52 experiments were carried out as one-off events or long-running activities related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable transformation, waste reduction adaptation to climate impacts, and sustainable food and consumption. Climate objectives were combined with developing business opportunities, improving the liveability of the target areas and wider sustainability ideas.