Municipal Climate Solutions Programme accelerated climate work in municipalities and regions 

More than 60% of Finns live in municipalities that aim for carbon neutrality or an emission reduction of at least 80% by 2030, five years before Finland’s national carbon neutrality target in 2035. Although Finland has many municipalities that are at the leading edge of climate action, many others have not yet launched their own climate work.

Read about climate plans on the website Climate plans of municipalities, in Finnish.

The Municipal Climate Solutions Programme of the Ministry of the Environment accelerated and funded local and regional climate work in Finland in 2018-2024. 

The most important tasks of the programme were

  • to promote and speed up climate work in municipalities and regions,
  • to provide funding for local and regional climate solutions, 
  • to fund and disseminate national climate tools and policies at local and regional level,
  • to improve and strengthen the flow of information and cooperation between the state and municipalities in the field of climate work.