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Turku was the only city in Finland's delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference. In her speeches, Mayor Minna Arve particularly emphasised the importance of cities in the fight against climate change.
A campaign arranged by the City of Turku between December 7–10 to help residents of the city of Kharkiv brought in large amounts of electric and heating equipment. A total of 122 donors, ranging from private individuals to groups of friends and companies, participated in the aid campaign.
Turku can, for a good reason, be called the imaging capital of Finland and even the entire Europe. The city is home to both the headquarters of the Euro-BioImaging research infrastructure and the national Turku PET Centre, one of the continent’s most important medical imaging centres.
The state-of-the-art building “Tyyssija” (Eng. “Haven”) opened its doors to student tenants in the beginning of 2022.
Starting from October, the regional cooperation of EU countries bordering the Baltic Sea has a joint coordination hub in Finland and Germany. The newly established Baltic Sea Strategy Point will act as a support unit for the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.
Plans to build the world’s first climate-neutral cruise ship are underway in Turku. Moreover, a new textile refinement plant will be built in Turku, making Finland the first country in the world where post-consumer textiles are obtained nationwide for reuse and recycling. These unique projects have received financial support from the EU recovery funds.
European union Mission on 100 Climate-neutral and Smart Cities in Europe by 2030 aims to support at least 100 cities to become carbon-neutral by the end of the decade. The City of Turku was selected as one of the 100 frontrunner cities.
