UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (look bigger picture ). The operations of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) are directly or indirectly related to most of the UN’s Sustainable D...

This #MadeWithInterreg project helps to remove pollutants from our waters. The project APRIORA aims to help prioritize urban wastewater treatment plants for enhanced micropollutant remo...

A cognitive understanding of climate change is different from an embodied, physical, and emotional one. Seeing images or videos of melting ice is not as powerful as touching the ice and feeling it mel......

Senior research scientist Adjunct professor, University of Helsinki Contact information dalia.damato-pihlman@syke.fi tel. +358 295 251 081 Finnish Environment Institu......

The funding of projects under the Finnish recovery and resilience plan is only possible if the projects comply with the “Do No Significant Harm” principle. The project shall not for example weaken the......

Flood risks are increasing, especially in the rivers on the west coast Follow up the hydrology and anticipate risks Water situation service (waterinfo.fi) ...

It is time to move beyond solving environmental problems one by one, to systemic societal sustainability transformations. This is the message of the SYKE Policy Brief published today. Sustainability t......

The Finnish Environmental Institute SYKE has collected a sample of environmental claims in internet advertisements during autumn 2021. The share of internet in advertising has continuously grown and w......

An ad that sparked more questions than answers? SYKE collects examples of environmental advertising form the public....

Great expectations are being set for digital solutions to reach climate targets, but their environmental impacts are not widely known. For example, the demand for critical raw materials used in smartp......

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ENVECO is a one-year project financed by Eurostat grants led by Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in partnership with Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The first aim of the project is to...

In ecological compensation local damage caused by construction or industry is offset by improving biodiversity elsewhere. The principle is that the compensation is paid by the one that causes the dama......

Much work remains to be done on behalf of sustainability in mining. Environmental points of view must be considered in all phases of a mine's life cycle, from ore prospecting, all the way to the closi......

JUST FOOD explores and develops means for making the transition to a healthy and climate-smart food system just, sustainable, and socially acceptable. The existing sustainability transition re...

Kuva: Kai Widell / SYKE High quality tap water Finland has pure and healthy tap water, which is available almost anywhere free of charge. In Finnish we call it "kraanavesi" or "...

Photo: Visit Finland Promoting Nordic tap water "Turn the tap on - Rent vatten från kranen" campaign is launched to promote and educate tourists and locals about pure tap water ...

The renewed by the Finnish Environment Institute is even clearer than before in guiding people towards tangible actions to reduce the carbon footprint. The user interface of the calculator has been r......

Tampere City Region is strengthening its commitment to strict carbon neutrality targets. As the central city of the region, Tampere joined the Carbon Neutral Municipalities (HINKU) network by decision......

© UN Sustainable development has become an increasingly important societal goal. The UN agreement of the Agenda2030 in 2015 rendered the sustainable development goals ever more signi......