Co-Designing Urban Carbon Sink Parks: Case Carbon Lane in Helsinki

Priit Tammeorg; Päivi Soronen; Anu Riikonen; Esko Salo; Suvi Tikka; Minja Koivunen; Anna-Reetta Salonen; Topi Kopakkala; Mikko Jalas

doi:10.3389/fenvs.2021.672468

Co-Designing Urban Carbon Sink Parks: Case Carbon Lane in Helsinki

Priit Tammeorg^*, Päivi Soronen, Anu Riikonen, Esko Salo, Suvi Tikka, Minja Koivunen, Anna-Reetta Salonen, Topi Kopakkala, Mikko Jalas

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	672468
Pages (from-to)	1
Number of pages	9
Journal	Frontiers in Environmental Science
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.672468
Publication status	Published - 19 Aug 2021
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

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 Yrj? Rikalan Puutarhas??ti? 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.

Keywords

biochar
carbon sequestration
demonstration sites
soils
trees
urban parks

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