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According to the calculations by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), municipalities’ total climate emissions decreased by 8.7% in 2020 from the previous year.

A consumption-based emissions accounting method is being developed alongside usage-based accounting, and it will be ready by the end of 2022.Prior to the publication of the consumption-based accounting method, regional emissions data for 1990 as well as preliminary data for 2021 will be published.

Sustainability Leap is an online platform provided and maintained by the Finnish Environment Institute to present and disseminate climate, circular economy and nature solutions.

The carbon footprints and carbon handprints of the houses in Hiidensalmi are currently being calculated using the Ministry of the Environment’s updated low-carbon assessment method. The life cycle review makes visible how the many choices made by the builder affect the carbon footprint of the entire life cycle of the house.