Starting from the beginning of next year, building owners and contractors must ensure that foam insulation removed during renovation and demolition work is handled in a way that allows for the recover......

The thesis concerns three studies on sequential decision-making in energy economics. In such problems, the optimal policy considers the immediate reward associated with an action and the value of the ......

The study estimated the amounts of ozone depleting substances and climate- warming F-gases in used and decommisioned appliances and structures, i.e. ”gas banks”, as well as the emissions from them. ...

  CLIMATE-NUDGE utilizes knowledge from behavioural sciences, especially nudging, in planning choice architecture to help communities and individuals choose environmentall...

Project IDEALE is an Academy of Finland fellowship project lead by Dr. Paula Kivimaa, Research Professor in Climate and Society, in SYKE’s Climate Change Programme. (Decision numbers 322667, 328...

Objectives Clean Energy System Transition (REPower-CEST) project has three main objectives: To create a comprehensive view of the solutions, impacts, implementation challenges and oppor...

The feeling of security can be shaken easily. For example, during last few weeks, the rapid flow of refugees and the management of the Eastern border of Finland have increased uncertainty. On the eve ......

Researcher Doctoral Researcher (Social and Public Policy, University of Jyväskylä) Contact Information Email address: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Phone number: +358 295 251 03......

An international seminar entitled Policy implications of Arctic cross-border climate change impacts was held on May this year. The main emphasis was to explore how climate change impacts in the Arctic......

Senior specialist Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel.  +358 295 251 235 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Climate solutions Regions and mu......

Communication specialist Contact information Firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 295 525 2293 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Communication and marketing Communica......

Researcher Doctoral researcher (Doctoral Programme in Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences), University of Helsinki MSc (Climate Change), University of Copenhagen Contact details ......

New research reveals a gap between climate action and communication in municipalities. With limited resources, climate communication is mostly done by those doing climate work, not communication exper......

Project background  In order to mitigate climate change, Finland aims to be carbon neutral in 2035. The land use sector is both a significant carbon sink and a source of CO2 emissions....

According to calculations by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), municipalities’ total climate emissions decreased by 3.1 per cent in 2021 from the previous year. Emissions decreased in nearly a......

We must adapt to climate change, and not only to the biophysical changes that occur within the borders of Finland, but to a whole range of possible cross-border societal impacts that are transmitted t......

Regional climate work supports and brings together local actors in the implementation of practical climate action. The Finnish Environment Institute together with the Natural Resources Institute Finla......

A fresh review study shows that increased felling reduces carbon sequestered in forests significantly in both boreal and temperate regions. It is often argued that although increased harvesting does r......

The Climateguide.fi website maintained by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the Finnish Environment Institute, and the Natural Resources Institute Finland compiles research-based information on cl......

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