1. Local response to climate change
City of Oulu
“From strategy to practice”
CHAMP Final Conference
14.-15.12.2011
Marketta Karhu Hanna-Mari Koivukoski
Environmental Office of the Oulu Region Environmental Office of the Oulu Region
firstname.lastname@ouka.fi firstname.lastname@ouka.fi

2. Short history of local climate work:
commitments related to climate change in Oulu
City of Oulu´s updated
strategy Climate change
”ILMO” = City of
→ i.a. responding to climate strategy of the
Oulu’s Development
change with the principles of Oulu region
Programme for the
sustainable development
Climate Change
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Energy Efficiency Agreement and Energy Covenant
City of Oulu´s
Programme for 2008-2016 of Mayors
environmental
→ the city of Oulu is committed to the 9%
policy
energy saving in their own activities by 2016
Eurocities Declaration
of Mayors

3. Main achievements and results in our local
climate work
– what we have done in practice:
• ..during 2011, we have started two projects (with external
funding) concerning citizens’ climate change awareness
• ..published a Climate and Energy Review four times a year
• ..organized energy advice sessions
• ..participated in national and international events and
campaigns (Earth Hour, European Mobility Week, Energy
Saving Week and so on..)
• .. given a loan indicators for measuring energy consumption
of households
• .. made a guide that includes advices on rational energy
consumption and climate-friendly lifestyle
• ..purchased a electric bike for the common use
• .. gathered the measures and indicators in the annual report
related to climate change strategy

4. Events which we have organized…
– we organized the energy and
climate change themed event in
connection with the Earth Hour –
campaign
– event was arranged in cooperation
with several parties
– “Energy and Climate Change –
path” was the operative route,
which aims was to get participants
to reflect on their own energy
consumption and climate impact
of their choices
– 250 people attended the event

5. Events which we have organized..
– In Finland, we have "a cycling week"
in every May
– In Oulu, during the week we
organized guided cycling tours in the
official cycling routes in cooperation
with the local cycling club
– we also organized “bicycle
orienteering”, where participants
cycled to different destinations on the
city with help of images
– the week includes “Bike to work” –
day, so we encouraged our employers
to bicycle to work

6. Main achievements and results in our local
climate work
What is becoming?
– Eco-support activity begins in January 2012
– Eco-support is an operating model developed
for promoting environmental awareness in the
workplace
• one or more eco-supporters are appointed and trained for every working community
• alongside their regular duties, these eco-supporters will offer instructions and motivation
to their fellow workers for environmental work
• the basic training focuses on environmental issues, reducing the environmental load of
the work, changing standard operating procedures in a more environmentally friendly
direction, and various ways of influencing everyday operations
• the work of eco-supporters includes formulating recycling instructions for individual
workplaces, disseminating information, and raising environmental issues at meetings.
– Activity is developed in the city of Helsinki

7. Benefits of the CHAMP to our local climate
change work?
• We think that CHAMP..
– ..confirmed the ongoing work with the Climate
change strategy of the Oulu region
– ..gave new ideas and models to improve our
work
– ..gave support to go forward in climate issues
– ..helped people to network