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One year at the helm of the OSCE: an overview of Finland’s 2025 Chairpersonship - Finnish Government
7.1.2026 | Finland’s term as Chairperson of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) ended on the last day of 2025. Last year marked 50 years since the CSCE meeting in Helsinki and the adoption of the Helsinki Final Act. The principles enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago because they represent the essence of humanity: the yearning for freedom, cooperation and peace.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/one-year-at-the-helm-of-the-osce-an-overview-of-finland-s-2025-chairpersonship -
3.6.2026 | In their declaration, the European ministers responsible for forests committed to strengthening the role of sustainable forest management in safeguarding the future of Europe’s forests amid rapidly changing environmental, economic, social and geopolitical conditions. In addition, at their meeting in Stockholm on 2–3 June 2026, the ministers reaffirmed their support for the recovery and sustainable management of Ukraine’s forests and the rebuilding of its forest sector.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/european-forest-ministers-sustainable-forest-management-must-be-strengthened-and-ukraine-s-recovery-supported
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22.1.2025 | As part of Finland’s Chairpersonship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE, Kerstin Stendahl from the Ministry of the Environment has started as the Special Representative on Climate and Security. Finland holds the OSCE Chairpersonship in 2025. The overarching theme of Finland’s Chairpersonship is resilience, which is also being challenged by climate change.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/new-osce-special-representative-kerstin-stendahl-climate-security-is-part-of-crisis-resilience
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4.11.2024 | The world states will convene at the Climate Change Conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan on 11–22 November. The aim is to decide on a new common climate finance target. A faster energy transition will be needed as the countries are preparing to set new emission reduction targets during next year.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/baku-climate-change-conference-to-focus-on-finance-target-energy-transition-needs-to-be-boosted
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12.3.2025 | The last projects of the Catch the Carbon package of climate measures ended at the end of 2024. The implementation of the knowledge and climate change resilient solutions produced in the package of 180 measures will continue and be further intensified through cooperation in different parts of the country. The processes to support this include the activities of the National Climate Unit of the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres).https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/catch-the-carbon-package-of-climate-measures-from-developing-knowledge-and-skills-to-promoting-actions-through-cooperation
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9.6.2025 | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will host a Conference on Climate and Security in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment in Hanasaari, Espoo, on 11 June. The Conference is a one of the main events of Finland’s OSCE Chairpersonship. Experts will discuss a range of issues on climate, peace and security at the event, including the environmental and climate impacts of conflicts and the role of businesses and civil society in strengthening climate security.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/osce-chair-finland-to-convene-international-conference-on-climate-and-security
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9.6.2025 | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will host a Conference on Climate and Security in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment in Hanasaari, Espoo, on 11 June. The Conference is one of the main events of Finland’s OSCE Chairpersonship. Experts will discuss a range of issues on climate, peace and security at the event, including the environmental and climate impacts of conflicts and the role of businesses and civil society in strengthening climate security.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/osce-chair-finland-to-convene-international-conference-on-climate-and-security
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1.11.2024 | Minister of Climate and the Environment Kai Mykkänen stresses that, to reach the global targets, China must be more strongly involved in the environmental and climate work.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/minister-mykkanen-environmental-and-climate-themes-high-on-agenda-during-visit-to-china
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2.7.2025 | The European Commission has published a legislative proposal on the emission reduction target for 2040. The Commission proposes a net emission reduction target of 90 per cent by 2040 compared to the 1990 levels.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/finland-supports-commission-s-proposal-concerning-90-per-cent-emission-reduction-target-by-2040
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9.11.2023 | For the first time, Finland will have a pavilion of its own at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28. Finland Pavilion will showcase current perspectives on climate change mitigation and adaptation on the global scale and present clean energy innovations and solutions developed in Finland.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-pavilion-presents-solutions-to-mitigate-climate-change-at-dubai-climate-conference
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1.4.2026 | The For Forest Group+ of forested EU countries has again grown stronger as Germany joined the group at the meeting held in Sweden on 31 March–1 April. The topics discussed by the ministers included the EU Deforestation and LULUCF Regulations, the Birds Directive, and the development of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/germany-joins-for-forest-group-of-forested-eu-countries-as-its-eighth-member
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8.4.2025 | Finland is emphasising climate security and the importance of sustainable development in international diplomacy during its Chairpersonship of the OSCE.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-s-osce-chairpersonship-emphasises-climate-security-and-sustainable-development-in-both-words-and-action
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21.11.2022 | With respect to agriculture, the aim at the Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt was to complete the work under the Koronivia Joint Work in Agriculture launched in 2017 and to agree on the future of climate work on agriculture under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/decision-on-climate-work-on-agriculture-at-climate-change-conference
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1.12.2023 | This year, the UN Climate Change Conference, or COP28, will host the first-ever Health Day and climate-health ministerial. The purpose of the thematic day is to highlight how climate change affects people’s health and wellbeing as well as the resilience of health systems and societies and to point out that the climate crisis is also a health crisis.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/cop28-climate-conference-to-discuss-impacts-of-climate-change-on-health-for-the-first-time
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5.12.2023 | Finland’s delegation at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 has 14 negotiators, four from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Foreign Ministry’s negotiating team is headed by Anna Merrifield, Director of the Unit for Climate and Environmental Diplomacy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-ministry-s-climate-negotiators-un-climate-change-conference-cop28-is-the-most-important-milestone-since-the-paris-agreement
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16.6.2025 | The EU Environment Council will meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday 17 June. At the Council, the ministers will exchange views on the preparations for the UN Climate Conference (COP30) to be held in Belém, Brazil. The aim is also to reach a common approach, i.e. the position of the Member States, concerning the Regulation on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles. Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/eu-environment-ministers-prepare-for-un-climate-conference-and-aim-to-reach-common-approach-to-regulation-on-circularity-requirements-for-vehicles
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1.12.2023 | The UN Climate Change Conference COP28 began on Friday with a two-day summit of heads of state and government. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is representing Finland at the summit and will deliver Finland’s national address on Saturday.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/un-climate-change-conference-begins-with-summit-of-heads-of-state-and-government
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1.12.2023 | The UN Climate Change Conference COP28 began on Friday with a two-day summit of heads of state and government. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is representing Finland at the summit and will deliver Finland’s national address on Saturday.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10616/un-climate-change-conference-begins-with-summit-of-heads-of-state-and-government
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22.11.2022 | Finland’s Ambassador for Climate Change Jan Wahlberg says that while the Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt has been criticised for its weak results, progress was nevertheless made to help the world’s poorest countries stricken by climate disasters. Future conferences of the parties will decide on the structure of the fund and its sources of finance.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/climate-change-conference-in-egypt-advanced-goals-of-least-developed-countries
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1.3.2023 | Finland’s new Special Envoy for Climate Change Kerstin Stendahl has been following international climate and environmental negotiations for nearly three decades. Stendahl has held leading positions in the Ministry of the Environment and in the United Nations, among other places.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/special-envoy-for-climate-change-just-green-transition-a-condition-for-solving-environmental-problems