Signatiu DARM Assignment4 2015

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Question

What kind of a group, with focus on Helsinki's climate work, should be established in the City of Helsinki to help Helsinki reach the climate objectives? How should the group work and how should the work be organized to be effective and not too time-consuming?

←# : Your question is really interesting and timely. However, your draft assessment does not produce substance to answer the question. Of course what you have described is important and relevant. But you should think more carefully about the objectives. How do you know that one group is good and another is not? In other words, how do you measure performance of the group, even before the group is set? What should the group produce and why? Is it for increasing communication, for producing new innovations, for pushing through actions that are already known important, or for giving recommendations to the city council? Depending on its purpose the group should be different. Who is the problem owner? --Jouni (talk) 10:07, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Intended use and users

Good organization of the climate actions requires people from different departments of the City to be involved. The operating of a climate group will benefit the City of Helsinki because it will help Helsinki reach its climate objectives. It will make the climate work more coordinated, help the employees of the City to be informed about what is going on in the climate work, and it will help to gather funding for different climate projects. A well-functioning climate group will improve the resource-efficiency of Helsinki's climate work and make it more influential. This benefits Helsinki residents because the taxes are used more efficiently to create a better environment. Furthermore, all stakeholders who are affected by climate change will benefit if the work results in reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Participants

The participants of the assessment will be the following

• people from the City of Helsinki Environment Centre
• people from other City's organizations, who are interested in being part of the climate group
• a consultant (to be defined)
• possibly other stakeholders such as researchers or people from NGO's.

Boundaries

The climate group will be formed from the employees of the City of Helsinki. The group will be informal in the sense that within the City organization anyone who is interested in Helsinki's climate work can join. There will be different subgroups established when needed, for instance for climate adaptation, for storm water management, or for communication with the Helsinki residents.

Decisions and scenarios

There should be some targets set as well as working methods suggested for the operating of the group before the group is established. However, the group should be able to set its targets and way of work by itself. A facilitator is needed for a successful working of the group.

Timing

The consultant will be chosen in May or early June. There will be a preliminary plan on how the group could work in late June. Some of the climate experts in the City will be interviewed on how they think Helsinki's climate could should be better organized. Also some gatekeepers such as chiefs of departments will be interviewed to get more information on what is considered as important in the climate work from their point of view. A workshop for the interested parties will be held in early autumn. The group should start working in late autumn.

Rationale

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