The ORSI research project develops steering practices that enable the transformation to a Finnish eco-welfare state with ecologically effective and societally legitimate measures.  The ob...

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. IDEALE will connect the ...

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

  Canemure, the Towards Carbon Neutral Municipalities and Regions -project implements practical measures for climate change mitigation during a six year period, from 2018 to 20...

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 ...

Mission statement The Finnish Environment Institute produces relevant information, novel understanding and innovative solutions for achieving sustainable development. Vision 2030 Toget...

The project concentrates on raising awareness and helping the end-users of Sentinel satellite images and particularly Sentinel satellite image mosaics produced under Finnish Geospatial Platform progr...

The financing for the Finnish Environment Institute comes from the state budget and from external sources. In 2018, SYKE’s operating financing came to approximately 56,5 million euros: ...

  Waste management facilities in Vedlozero. ©Taru Peltola 2018 The project tackles littering and improves waste management in rural villages in North Karelia, ...

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Main office: Viikki Campus,  Helsinki Laboratory in Kuninkaantammi (Hakuninmaa), Helsinki SYKE Marine Researc...

Growing concerns for climate change call for radical systemic changes in society in terms of both production and consumption. In order to develop the current understanding of reconfigurations require...

The project  Collaborative remedies for fragmented societies – facilitating the collaborative turn in environ mental decision-making  (CORE), funded by Strategic Research...

Project description The Finnish government is aiming at increasing nutrient recycling. The aim is that in 2025 half of the farm animals’ manure and wastewater treatment plant sludge is recycled....

    InnoForESt analyses and fosters initiatives and networks in six case study regions in Europe, with an aim to explore potentials for the development of policy inst...

Promoting experiments and experimentation culture is one of the main means how Prime Minister Sipilä’s Government Programme is renewing society and procedures of different sectors, as well as indu...

The objective of the project is creating a common geospatial platform for the public administration. The platform will provide common specifications and services for geospatial data providers in publ...

Copernicus Global Land Lot 2 is a component of the Copernicus Global Land Service addressing the thematic domain of cryosphere and water. One of the main objectives of Copernicus program is to provid...

The projects aims at the development of multisensor snow mapping methodology exploiting both optical and paricularly SAR-data. Target area is Europe. The project develops a practical algorithm that u...