The Climate Policy Roundtable will hold its fourth meeting on Wednesday 28 October. The main topics to be discussed are the roadmap to fossil-free transport and how fair and just treatment of stakeholders will be taken into account in preparing the roadmap.

A foundation has been established for developing Paimio Sanatorium. The memorandum of association was signed on 27 October. The founding members of the foundation are the Hospital District of Southwest Finland, the State, the Alvar Aalto Foundation and the cities of Paimio and Turku.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin will take part in three video meetings with the other Nordic prime ministers on 27 and 28 October. Several other Finnish ministers will also participate in a series of virtual meetings taking place during the week when the Nordic Council would normally hold its plenary session. This year’s Session Week was to be held in Reykjavik but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 23 October, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Krista Mikkonen will attend the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg. The agenda includes the European Climate Law and conclusions on the EU Biodiversity Strategy.

The Climate Change Act is being reformed. On 15 October, the Ministry of the Environment opened two online surveys to collect citizens’ views on how participation, access to information and a just transition towards a carbon neutral society should be taken into account in the new Climate Change Act. Opinions are also collected on how the rights of the Saami people should be included in the Act.