From the revival of tried-and-tested filtration techniques to refining the outputs of municipal wastewater treatment plants into ultra-pure water (UPW) for hydrogen production. With its model strategy for water recycling, the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm maps...
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UAM Use Cases and Landing Site Infrastructure
The new report highlights key learnings, lessons, and recommendations from urban air mobility pilots carried out in Hamburg, Stockholm, and Helsinki during CITYAM project's second and third years. Each lead city developed and tested two non-commercial drone use cases...
Final national event in Latvia
On 10 December, Zemgale Planning Region held its final meeting of the Climate, Energy and Environmental Coordination Working Group, bringing together experts from climate, energy, environmental and regional development sectors. The meeting reviewed progress made...
Final regional event in Central Finland
Partners of the GreenIndustrialArea project from Central Finland – the City of Jyväskylä and the Regional Council of Central Finland – organised the Central Finland closing event on 11 December 2025 in Jyväskylä. The seminar was held jointly with the EU-funded DALI...
Green Innovation in Action: Advancing Sustainable Industrial Development in KlaipÄ—da
The event opened with welcome remarks from the KlaipÄ—da City Municipality and the Ministry of Economy and Innovation. Participants were then introduced to the achievements and next steps of the GreenIndustrial Areas project, highlighting key results and upcoming...
Helsinki Pilot Confirms Gaps in Drone Navigation Safety Due to GNSS Interference
The GNSS interference pilot was launched in response, among others, to reports from the Helsinki’s local drone community of sudden, total loss of GNSS positioning, suggesting man-made interference is affecting airspace relevant to Unmanned Aerial Systems. GNSS is a...
Strengthening Local Capacity for Energy-Efficient Renovation of Bremerhaven’s Historic Building Stock
In 2023, the City of Bremerhaven launched its local RenoWave activities in the neighbourhood of Alte Bürger with the aim of making energy-efficient renovation more accessible for residents whilst conserving the historical impression of its art nouveau facades....
The Power of Local Action
Where distances are short, there is often greater room for flexibility. Committed local stakeholders can get started more easily and receive hands-on support from the administration – not least when it comes to making use of policy windows at national level. All of...
ESG Tool at COP30: Baltic Sea collaboration supporting Global Climate Action
On 15 November 2025, DIMECC presented the ESG Tool at COP30 during a Transfer Seminar hosted at the Finland Pavilion in Belém, Brazil. The seminar was an official activity of the Sustool project and used the Finland Pavilion as a platform to share a concrete European...
Water Recycling, Fast Forward
After experiencing several droughts in recent years, the question here is no longer whether water recycling is needed, but how it should be done. Successful pilot measures are pointing the way ahead, while a new wastewater treatment plant already under construction is...












