According to Finnish experts, Finland meets lot of the requirements for adapting to and mitigating climate change in both cities and the countryside as well as in various sectors....

Facing the mitigation and adaptation challenges of ongoing climate change, PLUMES (Pathways linking uncertainties in model projections of climate and its effects) aimed towards a significantly impro...

Adapting to climate change has reached the political agenda in most European countries, according to the most comprehensive analysis of adaptation in Europe published to date. Extreme weather events a......

A unique marine research station is near completion on the island of Utö. IT will produce real time research information from under the sea, its surface, and the air year-round and around the clock. T......

In the event calendar, we announce events, seminars, and webinars that we organize together with our partners and in various projects. You can read more about the paid and free training sessions...

Project description The contract with the European Commission's Directorate General for Climate Change covers technical analysis — with regard to climate change mitigation and adaptation — of a ...

Welcome to the FINADAPT web pages FINADAPT was a consortium of 11 Partner institutions studying adaptation to the potential impacts of climate change in Finland. Studies were carried out during ...

Our aims From 2012-2016, the BASE project aims to foster sustainable adaptation in Europe by improving the knowledge base on adaptation and making this information easier to access, understand and a...

After 20 years of use, bioenergy produced from tree stumps and roots is generating 25–35% less emissions than coal. After 50 years of use the difference would be 40–50%. The results have been obtaine......

The existing network of nature conservation areas in Finland will be unable to ensure sufficient amount of habitats for our forest bird species as climate change progresses. The precious bird species ......

  FINESSI was a project funded by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) during 2003-2010 to develop a computer-based evaluation framework for investigating the impacts of global change o...

Welcome to the home page of CARAVAN CARAVAN was a research project that ran from June 2008 to April 2011, with the full title: "Climate change: a regional assessment of vulnerability...

Project Description The Ministry of Trade and Industry has overall responsibility for the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol's flexible mechanisms to offset Finnish greenhouse gas emissions. S...

Welcome to the home page of MAVERIC MAVERIC was a research project that ran from January 2009 to December 2012, with the full title: "Map-based assessment of vulnerability to climate...

Welcome to the A-LA-CARTE home page A-LA-CARTE (Assessing limits of adaptation to climate change and opportunities for resilience to be enhanced) was a four-year collaborative research pr...

The projects supporting climate policy include research projects focusing on scenarios, impacts, adaptation and mitigation, and operational project assisting policy development. Projects ...

Project Description As part of the Finnish National Climate Change Strategy, the Government of Finland launched in 2000 a Pilot Programme on Joint Implementation (JI) and Clean Development Mecha...

Project Description The RIPECAP project provided support to selected Arab Countries in achieving the principles of the Declaration of the Arab Ministries of Environment, promoted energy efficien...

Project description The purpose of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project, which works in nine districts in Western and Mid-Western Development Regions, is to fulfill the basic needs and ...

Project Description: This is a research project implemented jointly by the Finnish Environment Institute and the Asian Institute of Technology. The objective is to gain insights into i) how pove...