SCALE Stockholm

Cities play a crucial role in the climate transition, and the City of Stockholm aims to be one of the world’s leading cities in sustainability and climate action.

In the Scale Stockholm initiative, the City of Stockholm collaborates with district administrations, municipal departments, and companies, along with residents, associations, and businesses, to foster participation, collaboration, and local actions to achieve the city’s climate goals by 2030. The goal is for Stockholm to become climate-positive by 2030 and fossil-free by 2040, while also halving consumption-based emissions by 2030.

Pilot Projects in five areas

Five geographic areas in Stockholm have been selected as pilot zones for the project, chosen for their existing innovative urban development projects or environmental initiatives.

These five areas are: Järva, Skärholmen, Norra Djurgårdsstaden, the Inner City and Stockholm Green Innovation District (Årsta-Sickla).

These pilot areas vary significantly, including differences in population composition, building character, natural landscapes, and service availability.

Local Transition Arenas

In each of these five areas, the project will establish locally adapted “transition arenas” involving residents, associations, and local businesses. Participants in these arenas will develop and select proposals for joint commitments and climate actions, which will then be tested, monitored, evaluated, and revised after one year. Actions that prove effective in supporting the climate transition will be scaled up and implemented across other parts of the city after the project ends.

Preliminary focus areas include transport, energy, plastics, consumption, and local food production.

Scale Stockholm is part of the EU’s Climate Contract for Cities (Cities Mission) and the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme.