Espoo Magazine 4-2019
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–5%<br />
ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER<br />
RESIDENT FELL BY 5 PER CENT<br />
BETWEEN 1990 AND 2016.<br />
102 000<br />
IN 2040, 102,000 PEOPLE<br />
ARE EXPECTED TO USE<br />
THE JOKERI LIGHT RAIL<br />
EVERY WEEKDAY.<br />
Being a pioneer in sustainable<br />
development, becoming carbon<br />
neutral by 2030 and retaining our<br />
title as Europe’s most sustainable<br />
city will require expertise,<br />
connections and a strong will.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> has all of these.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> has committed to<br />
achieving the UN’s Sustainable<br />
Development Goals by<br />
2025. <strong>Espoo</strong> has twice been<br />
proven to be Europe’s most sustainable<br />
city and wants to retain its position.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> intends to be a completely<br />
carbon-neutral city by 2030.<br />
“We want <strong>Espoo</strong>’s carbon handprint<br />
to be many times that of its<br />
residents’ carbon footprints. This<br />
means that we’re working with our<br />
partners to develop solutions that<br />
will act as concrete examples of how<br />
carbon-neutral urban life is in fact<br />
possible,” says Pasi Laitala, Director<br />
of Sustainable Development.<br />
These major objectives have not<br />
surfaced by chance. <strong>Espoo</strong> is well<br />
prepared for this development work:<br />
technological expertise, research,<br />
education, and actors who want this<br />
and will make it possible.<br />
“The city’s Sustainable <strong>Espoo</strong> programme<br />
crosses traditional local<br />
government borders. We have a<br />
mandate to collaborate with companies<br />
and other organisations in<br />
a brand-new way. We’re developing<br />
new solutions with companies, who<br />
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