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Finnish exports have a clearly positive carbon handprint 2024-09-25 11:42

Particularly in the chemicals, metals, forestry, and electronics industries, Finnish companies produce and export goods with significantly lower carbon footprints than the global average. Lack of standardized methods results in uncertainties in the assessments. Thus, further methodological development is needed.

Corrected press release: Municipal climate emissions down 38 per cent from peak years of 2000s 2024-06-07 12:17

On 16 May 2024, the Finnish Environment Institute published a press release on climate emissions from municipalities. Due to an error in the calculation, this press release is being published as a corrected version and thus replaces the previous one.

The carbon footprint of Finnish second homes was assessed for the first time – a new calculator also reveals the emissions of individual second home users 2024-03-22 9:30

Travel related to second homes is the largest source of emissions. However, there is a lot of variation between individual cottage and cabin users.

Solutions to clean energy transition – new research project speeds up phasing out fossil fuels 2024-02-06 9:00

Finland has received significant research funding of EUR 14 million from the EU to speed up the transition to a clean energy system. The REPower-CEST project will produce a comprehensive analysis of the means of phasing out fossil fuels and prepare a roadmap for implementing the transition in Finland.

Municipal greenhouse gas emissions scenario tool updated – changes in vehicle propulsion and peatland field emissions 2023-12-20 9:00

The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) has published a new version of the greenhouse gas emission scenario tool (ALasSken). All materials in the tool have been updated to the year 2021 and the basic scenario’s defaults have been checked. As a new feature, it is possible to select 1990 as the reference year for emissions.

Municipal climate plans should keep the bar high 2023-12-08 15:58

Maarit Virtanen from the Regional Council of Päijät-Häme assists municipalities in preparing climate plans. The new government's decision to withdraw the binding nature of the plans does not eliminate the need and motivation of municipalities to react to climate change.

Canemure Days included discussions on the importance of regional climate work and effective communication of its results 2023-12-08 15:46

At the Canemure Days in late summer on 16 and 17 August 2023, the latest results of the climate work of municipalities and regions were heard and climate communication was discussed. The consortium meeting held in the heart of Helsinki involved 40 participants from Canemure's subprojects and regional coordination groups.

Preliminary estimates: Municipalities’ climate emissions decreased by 2.7% in 2022 2023-11-23 15:26

According to the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), municipalities’ total greenhouse gas emissions in 2022 fell by 2.7 per cent from the previous year.

A contract-specific environmental plan is a significant way to promote climate sustainability in paving works 2023-09-01 17:00

In order to reduce significant climate and environmental impacts in Helsinki, the paving works annually tendered by Helsinki City Construction Service (Stara) were reviewed. The development work strived to account for the life cycle, circular economy and climate perspective better than before by making use of procurement criteria.

Municipalities’ greenhouse gas emission scenario tool has been updated – agricultural actions included 2023-09-01 16:45

The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) has published a new version of the greenhouse gas emission scenario tool (ALasSken). All materials in the tool have been updated to the year 2020 and the basic scenario’s defaults have been checked.

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