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New city landscape: green solutions and technologies of success in Nordic countries

New city landscape: green solutions and technologies of success in Nordic countries. Nordic Council of Ministers Nordic institutions Finnish Presidency of the NCM 2011. 1. Nordic Council of Ministers.

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New city landscape: green solutions and technologies of success in Nordic countries

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  1. New city landscape: green solutions and technologies of success in Nordic countries Nordic Council of Ministers Nordic institutions Finnish Presidency of the NCM 2011

  2. 1. Nordic Council of Ministers • The Nordic Council of Ministers has 10 sectoral councils and the council of the Ministers for Nordic cooperation. • Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment • Run the Nordic governments' environmental co-operation. • Aims to protect and improve the quality of the environment and quality of life in the Nordic countries, and influence regional and international co-operation. Kim Luotonen

  3. The present cross cutting Strategy on Sustainable Development covers the years 2009 – 2012. • Some examples of activities and programmes involving climate change and environmentconsiderations. • Top-level research initiative (TFI) • Environment expert group to facilitate the COP15 Conference. The mandate extended to the upcoming Cancun conference Kim Luotonen

  4. Nordic Climate Solutions-events in the run up for COP15 • Nordic Climate Day at Shanghai Expo • Climate friendly housing construction • Preparatory conference for an international convention to ban use of mercury (UNEP-initiative) Kim Luotonen

  5. 2. Nordic Institutions About 20 institutions and cooperation organisations (NIB, NordForsk, Nordens Hus, NVC) For to days theme the most relevant is NEFCO (Nordic Environment Finance Corporation) Kim Luotonen

  6. Nefco has in total financed 24 renovations of wastewater treatment plants • in the Baltic Sea region • in the Barents region • Presently NEFCO is financing the modernization of ten small wastewater treatment plants in St. Petersburg. • Projects also in Kaliningrad and Murmansk region Kim Luotonen

  7. 3. Finnish presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011 Main theme of Finland’s presidency climate and climate change, its challenges and opportunities and green growth The general/first part of the programme covers three main areas with some subthemes The second part of the Programme contains he sector specific programmes which all embrace the main theme. Kim Luotonen

  8. The Presidency will be inaugurated by a conference on sustainable development to be held in Turku 31.1. – 2.2.2011 “Solutions local, together” Opening key note speech by the Prime Minister of Finland. The main focus is on local and regional authorities and actors. We hope St. Petersburg and the Leningrad oblast will send their representatives to the conference. Information can be found on web-site www.solutions2011.fi. Kim Luotonen

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