A strong energy community starts with a real need and grows step by step
What makes an energy community financially sustainable? The answer is not only in numbers.ย At a StartSun conference panel discussion, Inka Leppรคnen from Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Johanna Liljenfeldt from Uppsala University, and Nele Ivask and Marten...
CCC-2 Launches Webinar Series on Green Public Procurement
How can municipalities put sustainable public procurement into practice? What tools and approaches can help them reduce harmful substances, address climate impacts and promote circularity in their procurement decisions? To explore these questions, the ChemClimCircle-2...
Nine Projects, One Circular Water Vision
Why Symbioter? Across the Baltic Sea region, municipalities and water utilities are already facing the effects of a changing climate: longer droughts, heavier storms, and growing pressure on freshwater supplies. The challenges are multiplying, but the good news...
New video: This is Circular Ports
Every day, large amounts of materials move through and are handled in ports. Bringing together different industries, actors and material streams, port environments offer many opportunities to rethink how resources are used, reused and recycled. Six...
BALTFLOODS Showcased Flood Preparedness Solutions During Peer-to-Peer Exchange in Gryfino, Poland
BALTFLOODSย lead partner, City of Lappeenranta presented pilot solutions and citizen engagement approaches, generating interest from municipalities seeking innovative tools for local decision-making and climate adaptation.ย On 1 October, representatives from...
OpenRisk II Project Final Conference on Maritime Risk Management in the Baltic Sea Region
The OpenRisk II Final conference on maritime risk management in the Baltic Sea Region was held as a hybrid event on 22 September 2026 in Kristiansand, Norway. The conference highlighted the project’s achievements and explored future opportunities for advancing...
Who Plans the Coast? Baltic PlaNet Workshop in Lรครคne-Harju Maps How National and Local Levels Work Together
When the sea erodes a beach, it does not stop at the border between two municipalities. Planning for the coast in Estonia, however, is organised by administrative borders. So who is responsible for the coast as a whole? This was the question at the heart of a Baltic...
Takeaways from the #1 EnTRA Energy Transition Talk: Energy Communities โ From Ambition to Action
Different countries, different stages The panellists presented experiences from three countries at different stages of development. In Estonia, energy communities are still at an early stage. Awareness and interest have increased, and several communities have already...