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From Sustainability to Sufficiency – The Next Step for Cities

May 11

Join us in Stockholm for a one-day workshop on urban sufficiency – the next step for cities beyond sustainability.

Many European cities have made real progress on sustainability – cleaner air, greener streets, better mobility. But staying within planetary boundaries while ensuring a good life for all requires a deeper shift. Cities still consume too many resources, and overconsumption by some creates scarcity for others.

Taking place in Stockholm, this one-day workshop will explore urban sufficiency*: a practical, forward-looking approach to healthier, more resilient and socially just cities. We’ll look at how cities can make bold choices on energy, land, water and resource use, strengthen sharing and repair, support citizen initiatives, and address challenges like excessive tourism.

* The IPCC defines in its Climate Report AR6 sufficiency as: “a set of policies, measures, and everyday practices that avoid or reduce demand for energy, materials, water, and land, while delivering human well-being for all within planetary boundaries”.

Why join?

Gain a new language and mindset beyond sustainability, learn how sufficiency works in practice for housing, consumption, circular economy and public space, and get inspired by concrete examples from across Europe. Connect with peers, exchange ideas, and leave with insights you can apply in your work, city or community.

Provisional programme 

09.30 – 09.45Welcome remarks

  • Vedran Horvat, Director, Institute for Political Ecology & Board member, Green European Foundation
  • Isadora Wronski, Sentior Strategist, Greenpeace & Chairperson, Cogito
09.45 – 10.15Introductions
10.15 – 10.35Crash course on sufficiency

  • Dirk Holemans, Coordinator, Oikos ThinkTank
10.35 – 10.50Break
10.50 – 11.20Sufficiency in Sweden: why it matters & what’s on the table

  • Ann-Charlotte Mellquist, Head of Unit & Senior Researcher, RISE Institute
11.20 – 12.30WORKSHOP 1: Horizontal system change – addressing the advertising industry that drives consumption

  • Gustav Martner, Head of Creative Greenpeace Nordic
12.30 – 13.30Lunch
13.30 – 14.00Sufficiency in practice in European Cities

  • Vedran Horvat, Board member, Green European Foundation
14.00 – 15.30WORKSHOP 2: Exploring concrete sufficiency dimensions

  • Dirk Holemans, Coordinator, Oikos ThinkTank
15.30 – 16.00Wrap up, next steps & thank you

Speakers

  • Vedran Horvat, Director of the Croatian Institute for Political Ecology & Board member, Green European Foundation. Founder and coordinator of IPE Green Academy.
  • Isadora Wronski, Senior Strategist, Greenpeace & Chairperson of the Swedish think tank Cogito. Works on issues related to global economic system change.
  • Dirk Holemans, Coordinator of the Belgian think tank Oikos. Co-author of several publications including Enough! – Thriving societies beyond growth and Dare to Care.
  • Ann-Charlotte Mellquist, Head of Unit & Senior Researcher, RISE Institute (Research Institute of Sweden). She leads work on Sustainability Analytics and the Circular Business Lab.
  • Gustav Martner, Head of Creative Greenpeace Nordic. Social entrepreneur with a long career in advertising, including as Executive Creative Director at Crispin Porter + Bogusky and co-founder of the agency Daddy.

Registration

Please register here by or before 26 April 2026.

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 

 

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  • Date: May 11

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