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  1. Annual Climate Report: Additional measures are needed to achieve climate targets - Finnish Government

    14.7.2023 | Finland’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by approximately 4% in 2022. The land use sector was a minor carbon sink. According to the Annual Climate Report, additional measures are needed particularly to strengthen the carbon sink of the land use sector to enable the achievement of the Finnish land use sector’s obligation set at the EU level. The achievement of the Finnish effort sharing sector’s obligation set at the EU level is also uncertain.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/annual-climate-report-additional-measures-are-needed-to-achieve-climate-targets

  2. New EU Forest Strategy is partly stepping over the competence of Member States on forests, different aspects of sustainability included better than anticipated - Finnish Government

    16.7.2021 | European Commission published new EU Forest Strategy on 16 July 2021, aiming for better coordination on forest-related initiatives as well as increasing the cooperation of Member States on forests. The Strategy highlights climate and biodiversity targets, which are important also for Finland. The strategy has evolved towards more balanced version during the preparation by the Commission, leaving however room for improvement in the initiatives to follow.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/new-eu-forest-strategy-is-partly-stepping-over-the-competence-ofmember-states-on-forests-different-aspects-of-sustainability-included-better-than-anticipated

  3. Climate Policy Roundtable: Climate plan for land use sector must take into account many dimensions of just transition - Finnish Government

    22.3.2022 | On Tuesday 22 March, the Climate Policy Roundtable discussed the climate plan for the land use sector. The discussions focused on the impacts of climate measures in the land use sector on biodiversity and the need to take into account just transition in a comprehensive way. The Roundtable also highlighted the global impact chains of wood production, security of supply in food production and the transition to sustainability through more plant-based production and consumption.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/climate-policy-roundtable-climate-plan-for-land-use-sector-must-take-into-account-many-dimensions-of-just-transition

  4. Minister of Economic Affairs Lintilä to visit the United States to discuss energy and bioeconomy - Finnish Government

    15.11.2021 | Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä will visit the United States on 15–16 November. This is his first visit since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. During his visit, Minister Lintilä will discuss energy, bioeconomy and digitalisation with high-level representatives of the US administration and of the states. He will also meet Finnish companies operating in the United States, and speak at a bioeconomy conference.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/minister-of-economic-affairs-lintila-to-visit-the-united-states-to-discuss-energy-and-bioeconomy-

  5. Ministry of the Environment participates in a joint European research project on forest sector – The call is open until 13 April 2021 - Finnish Government

    27.1.2021 | The ForestValue network has announced a call for a joint European research project that aims to support the sustainable and multifunctional use and management of forests and promote building with wood. The number of countries participating in the call is 10 and the total funding budget is about 11,5 million euro.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/ministry-of-the-environment-participates-in-a-joint-european-research-project-on-forest-sector-the-call-is-open-until-13-april-2021

  6. EU energy ministers to discuss prices, energy efficiency and hydrogen in Amiens while a joint meeting with environment ministers to focus on just transition and forests - Finnish Government

    21.1.2022 | The EU’s environment and energy ministers will convene in informal meetings in Amiens, France on 20–22 January 2022. Emma Kari, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, and Jukka Ihanus, State Secretary to Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä, will represent Finland in the meetings hosted by France.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eu-energy-ministers-to-discuss-prices-energy-efficiency-and-hydrogen-in-amiens-while-a-joint-meeting-with-environment-ministers-to-focus-on-just-transition-and-forests

  7. Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka to meet Governor of the State of Washington Jay Inslee - Finnish Government

    14.9.2022 | Jay Inslee, Governor of the State of Washington in the United States, is visiting Finland with his delegation from 13 to 16 September 2022. Governor Inslee is making a return visit following the visit of Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka to Washington state in November 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-of-transport-and-communications-timo-harakka-to-meet-governor-of-the-state-of-washington-jay-inslee

  8. Finland shows the way in carbon sequestration and soil research – topical themes in EU - Finnish Government

    27.4.2023 | During the current government term, Finland has made significant contributions to climate change resilient and sustainable solutions in the land use sector by funding more than 100 projects that produce research knowledge to serve as the basis for decision-making. Topics where groundbreaking research is done include soil studies and carbon sequestration, which are highly topical in the EU contexts as well.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/finland-shows-the-way-in-carbon-sequestration-and-soil-research-topical-themes-in-eu