TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-Designing Urban Carbon Sink Parks
T2 - Case Carbon Lane in Helsinki
AU - Tammeorg, Priit
AU - Soronen, Päivi
AU - Riikonen, Anu
AU - Salo, Esko
AU - Tikka, Suvi
AU - Koivunen, Minja
AU - Salonen, Anna-Reetta
AU - Kopakkala, Topi
AU - Jalas, Mikko
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the funding for the Carbon Lane project by EIT Climate KIC Early innovation project # 190365, the full report the current policy brief is based on is available at https://www.aalto.fi/fi/Carla. We also acknowledge the funding from Maiju ja Yrjö Rikalan Puutarhasäätiö for funding the first follow-up project of the Carbon Lane park, #Hiilipuisto. We are very grateful also for all the stakeholders and scientists who participated the workshops providing input for both the principles and design for the urban C sink parks.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Tammeorg, Soronen, Riikonen, Salo, Tikka, Koivunen, Salonen, Kopakkala and Jalas.
PY - 2021/8/19
Y1 - 2021/8/19
N2 - In order to achieve the goals of carbon (C) neutrality within next 20 year, municipalities worldwide need to increasingly apply negative emission technologies. We focus on the main principles of urban demonstration areas using biochars for C sequestration and explore the lessons learned from a co-creation process of one such park, Hyväntoivonpuisto in Helsinki, Finland. Demonstration sites of urban C sinks in public parks must be safe, visible and scientifically sound for reliable and cost-effective verification of carbon sequestration. We find that different interests can be arbitrated and that synergy that emerges from co-creation of urban C sink parks between stakeholders (scientists, city officials, companies, and citizens) can result in demo areas with maximized potential for impact, dissemination and consideration of principles of scientific experimentation.
AB - In order to achieve the goals of carbon (C) neutrality within next 20 year, municipalities worldwide need to increasingly apply negative emission technologies. We focus on the main principles of urban demonstration areas using biochars for C sequestration and explore the lessons learned from a co-creation process of one such park, Hyväntoivonpuisto in Helsinki, Finland. Demonstration sites of urban C sinks in public parks must be safe, visible and scientifically sound for reliable and cost-effective verification of carbon sequestration. We find that different interests can be arbitrated and that synergy that emerges from co-creation of urban C sink parks between stakeholders (scientists, city officials, companies, and citizens) can result in demo areas with maximized potential for impact, dissemination and consideration of principles of scientific experimentation.
KW - biochar
KW - carbon sequestration
KW - demonstration sites
KW - soils
KW - trees
KW - urban parks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114316628&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fenvs.2021.672468
DO - 10.3389/fenvs.2021.672468
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114316628
SN - 2296-665X
VL - 9
SP - 1
JO - Frontiers in Environmental Science
JF - Frontiers in Environmental Science
M1 - 672468
ER -