Lund's Enabling City Transformation Activity: CoGovernance

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Lund

Swedish

©Wikipedia|Olena Siergieieva|2011|Lunds universitetsbibliotek

Context and Challenges

Lund recognises that only a small fraction of necessary climate actions fall under municipal control, highlighting the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration. Building on a successful innovation district governance model, CoGovernance scales this framework citywide. The model enables structured collaboration across sectors using a three-zone engagement framework and stepwise local climate contracts. This governance and capacity-building project creates enabling conditions for future climate action rather than direct emissions reductions. This approach supports diverse stakeholders in co-creating roadmaps and portfolios for climate neutrality, making the model transferable to cities with varying capacities. The project builds on and complements Lund’s Pilot City Project (CoPilot) on portfolio management.

Objectives

  • Adapt and scale the three-zone governance model citywide
  • Develop new local climate contracts for stakeholder commitment
  • Engage at least 40 stakeholders in analysing climate opportunities
  • Create collaborative roadmaps and project portfolios
  • Conduct six peer-to-peer learning events
  • Perform international outlook on best practices (scientific and practitioner-based)
  • Build replicable tools for multi-actor governance

Key Terms

Governance Model | Private Sector Engagement | Local Climate Contracts | Capacity Building | Peer Learning | Three-Zone Framework

Activites and Innovations

  • Adapt the innovation collaboration model to climate context at citywide scale

  • Engage cities through six international learning exchanges across two themes: (1) climate transition/energy in buildings/infrastructure, and (2) financing

  • Analyse policy and stakeholder landscapes to design future-oriented roadmaps

  • Develop tools and a stepwise model for deepening climate commitments

  • Create guidance materials for model replication in other cities

Emission Domains

  • Buildings

  • Finance

  • Infrastructure

  • Policy

  • Governance

Levers of Change

  • Governance

  • Collaboration

  • Capacity building

  • Finance

  • Policy

Expected Impact and Outcomes

Short-term (During 18-month project):

  • Operational citywide governance model engaging 40+ stakeholders
  • New stepwise climate contracts formalizing commitments
  • Enhanced municipal staff capacity for multi-stakeholder collaboration
  • Increased collaboration capacity across the stakeholder ecosystem

Long-term (Post-project):

  • Accelerated private sector-led climate action and investments
  • Improved project bankability and access to financing
  • Replicable governance framework transferable to cities at varying maturity levels
  • Strengthened ecosystem-wide collaboration capacity extending to partner cities
  • Better access to private investment data through climate contract reporting