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7.10.2022 | The four rounds of applications under the Low-carbon Built Environment Programme have provided EUR 13.6 million in funding for projects that promote climate work related to the built environment. At least two more application rounds will be organised, and the next one will begin at the Ministry of the Environment on 17 October 2022. The third application round of Business Finland will be open until the end of October.

25.2.2021 | The Government submitted the first supplementary budget proposal for 2021 to Parliament on Thursday 25 February. The supplementary budget makes special provisions for needs arising from the COVID-19 situation.

30.6.2022 | On 30 June 2022, the Government submitted its national climate and energy strategy to Parliament as a report. The strategy is a comprehensive action plan for the medium term, which Finland will use to meet the EU’s obligations for 2030 and to achieve the national climate target for 2035. The strategy covers all greenhouse gas emissions in the emissions trading, effort sharing and land use sectors as well as the carbon sinks of land use and other sectors.

28.4.2020 | The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy of Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government has made the ownership policy decisions concerning Metsähallitus for 2020–2024. The new policy measures are based on changes in the environment where we operate and objectives set in the Government Programme concerning, in particular, the carbon neutrality target to 2035, halting the loss of biodiversity and sustainable forestry.

18.2.2021 | By the end of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will draw up a comprehensive climate plan concerning agriculture, forestry and the land use sector that will be part of the planning system of the new Climate Change Act. The proposal for the plan will be prepared by an inter-administrative working group composed of public officials, appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on 16 February 2021.The Government is to approve the report on the climate plan in early 2022.

29.6.2022 | The EU target of carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest was decided during Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2019. On 29 June 2022, the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg reached general approaches on the key legislative proposals of the 55% emission reduction target by 2030, i.e. the Fit for 55 package, after long negotiations. 

11.6.2021 | The EU Ministers responsible for energy issues will convene in Luxembourg on 11 June 2021. The ministers aim to adopt a general approach on the proposed revision of the regulation on cross-border energy infrastructure (so-called TEN-E regulation), to discuss the hydrogen strategy published by the European Commission in July 2020 and to adopt conclusions on the renovations of buildings in Europe. St...

4.5.2021 | The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has granted funding to 38 Catch the Carbon development projects that are part of the package of climate actions for the land use sector. A total of EUR 10.4 million in funding was granted for 2021–2023. The projects will support agricultural producers, forest owners and other people who make land use decisions in introducing new climate-resilient practices.

17.3.2026 | Jord- och skogsbruksminister Sari Essayah träffar Förenade kungarikets minister med ansvar för livsmedelssäkerhet och landsbygdsfrågor, Angela Eagle, i London i dag den 17 mars 2026. Minister Essayah besöker också utställningen Uusi puu – New Wood, som Finska Forstföreningen har tagit till London i samarbete med Circular Bioeconomy Alliance och The King’s Foundation.

15.6.2026 | Näringsminister Sakari Puisto besöker Storbritannien den 16–18 juni. Besöket riktar sig till London och Cambridge och teman för besöket är innovations- och teknologipolitik, finansmarknaden och Finlands styrkor i den geoekonomiska omvälvningen.

1.9.2022 | The budget proposal for 2023 of Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government builds sustainable growth for the future, secures purchasing power and assists people with the hike in electricity prices. The budget proposal responds to the effects of Russia’s war of aggression and inflation, improves safety and security, security of supply, and energy self-sufficiency, and provides further investment in research and development and in the green transition.

1.9.2022 | The budget proposal for 2023 of Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government builds sustainable growth for the future, secures purchasing power and assists people with the hike in electricity prices. The budget proposal responds to the effects of Russia’s war of aggression and inflation, improves safety and security, security of supply, and energy self-sufficiency, and provides further investment in research and development and in the green transition.

19.12.2025 | Ympäristöministeriö ja Puuinfo pyytävät ehdotuksia suomalaisista puurakennuskohteista kansainvälisen kilpailun esikarsintaan. Kohde voi määrittyä suomalaiseksi sijainniltaan tai toteutukseltaan. Ehdotettavien kohteiden tulee valmistua maaliskuun 2026 loppuun mennessä.

19.12.2025 | Miljöministeriet och Puuinfo efterlyser förslag på finska träbyggnadsobjekt till förhandsuttagningen till en internationell tävling. Objektet kan definieras som finskt utifrån dess läge eller genomförande. De objekt som föreslås ska bli klara före utgången av mars 2026.

26.6.2025 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project to specify the powers of the police to intercept the path of unmanned aircraft, i.e. drones, and other unmanned devices. The aim of the project is to ensure the ability of the police to detect and identify drones and other unmanned devices, and to specify the regulation on the use of force to intercept the path of such devices.

25.9.2025 | Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö esitteli 24.–25. syyskuuta 2025 suomalaista biotalousosaamista Osakan maailmannäyttelyssä Pohjoismaiden paviljongissa. Tapahtumien tavoitteena oli vahvistaa Suomen maakuvaa biotalouden edelläkävijänä ja vauhdittaa suomalaisen ruoka- ja metsäalan kansainvälistymistä Japanin markkinoilla.

16.6.2025 | Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö (MMM) panostaa elintarvike- ja biotalousalan näkyvyyteen Osakassa syyskuussa. Ohjelmassa on kaksi erityyppistä kokonaisuutta, jotka tähtäävät Suomen maakuvan nostamiseen ruokainnovaatioden ja biotalousalan edelläkävijänä.

16.6.2025 | Jord- och skogsbruksministeriet satsar på att öka synligheten för livsmedelsbranschen och bioekonomin i Osaka i september. Programmet omfattar två olika helheter som siktar på att stärka Finlands profil som en föregångare inom matinnovationer och bioekonomi.

19.12.2024 | Arbets- och näringsministeriet beviljade genom sitt beslut den 17 december 2024 160 000 euro i finansiering till Äänekoski för att stärka livskraften i regionen som genomgått lokala strukturomvandlingar.  

6.2.2025 | Puolustusministeri Antti Häkkänen: Ukrainan sotilaallinen tukeminen on investointi Euroopan parempaan taloudelliseen tulevaisuuteen Julkaisuajankohta 6.2.2025 10.23 Tyyppi: Puhe Puolustusministeri Häkkänen puhui torstaina 6.2.2025 Sahateollisuuden...