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13.4.2026 | According to the new report, Finnish companies are reducing their emissions globally by substituting for more polluting alternatives. At the publication event of the report on the positive carbon handprint, Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala stressed that the export of clean solutions is both a climate action and a growth opportunity for Finland.https://ym.fi/en/-/carbon-handprint-of-finnish-exports-grew-to-22-million-tonnes-minister-multala-finland-is-reducing-emissions-fast-and-taking-clean-solutions-to-the-world-
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9.3.2026 | Finnish consumers are increasingly ordering low-cost goods online, mostly from manufacturers based in China. Based on the proposals of a recent report, the Government will begin to prepare legislation to address problems caused by these cheap imports. There is also emphasis on consumer responsibility.https://ym.fi/en/-/1410877/report-lasting-solutions-to-problems-of-cheap-imports-require-eu-level-influence
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22.11.2025 | The Climate Change Conference COP30 in Belém, Brazil ended on Saturday evening Finnish time, after having continued almost 24 hours longer than planned. The political commitment achieved was modest relative to the objectives of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. However, in the negotiations during the last night the EU managed to include points in the resolutions that will ensure that the work...https://ym.fi/en/-/only-small-steps-forward-in-climate-change-mitigation-at-climate-change-conference-in-belem
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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://ym.fi/en/-/baku-climate-change-conference-to-focus-on-finance-target-energy-transition-needs-to-be-boosted
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24.11.2024 | The UN Climate Change Conference COP29 reached an agreement on the new climate finance goal (New Collective Quantified Goal, NCQG) of USD 300 billion and a total NCQG of USD 1,300 billion. Decisions on the global monitoring framework for the process to phase out fossil fuels were left to the future climate conferences.https://ym.fi/en/-/un-climate-conference-agrees-on-finance-goal
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15.10.2021 | The first phase of a meeting of parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity provided good prospects for further negotiations aimed at halting biodiversity loss. Hosted by China in Kunming and partly arranged as a virtual event, the main achievement of the meeting was a unified message concerning the level of ambition in necessary measures. The Declaration stresses the need for swift action in all areas of society to halt the loss of biodiversity.https://ym.fi/en/-/kunming-conference-provides-a-good-prospects-for-further-work-to-halt-biodiversity-loss
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21.9.2017 | Today, on 21 September 2017, China, the European Commission and several EU Member States signed a Declaration in Turku to strengthen water cooperation between the EU and China. The aim is to join forces to promote sustainable development and improve water security. China and the EU also signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish dialogue on water policy.https://ym.fi/en/-/1410837/kiina-ja-eu-vahvistavat-yhteistyota-vesiturvallisuuden-parantamiseksi
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21.9.2017 | China and the EU strengthen cooperation to improve water security Ministry of the Environment Publication date 21.9.2017 6.01 Type: Press release Ministry of the Environment and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry : Today, on 21 September 2017, C...https://ym.fi/en/-/china-and-the-eu-strengthen-cooperation-to-improve-water-security
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16.5.2017 | In September 2017 a high-level political conference on water cooperation will be organised in Turku, Helsinki. On the agenda at the conference are the water-related UN Sustainable Development Goals, water in circular economy, and strengthening the cooperation between European and Chinese water companies.https://ym.fi/en/-/1410837/china-europe-water-cooperation-built-in-turku-in-september
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11.10.2021 | The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 starts today on 11 October in Kunming, China. The aim is to agree on targets and actions to halt the global biodiversity loss. Actual decisions are expected in the second part of the Conference of the Parties, which will be held from 25 April to 8 May 2022.https://ym.fi/en/-/conference-of-parties-to-un-biodiversity-convention-kicks-off-today-aim-to-halt-biodiversity-loss
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18.9.2017 | On 21–22 September 2017, a high-level political conference on water cooperation between China and the EU will be organised in Turku, Finland. On the agenda at the conference are the water-related UN Sustainable Development Goals, water in circular economy, and strengthening the cooperation between European and Chinese water companies.https://ym.fi/en/-/1410837/turussa-rakennetaan-kiinan-ja-euroopan-vesiyhteistyota-paikalla-monen-maan-ministerit
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12.5.2017 | Minister Kimmo Tiilikainen will be on an export promotion visit to China on 15–18 May. In Beijing Minister Tiilikainen will be accompanied by a business delegation with representatives mainly from the environmental technology, building, bioeconomy and food sectors. After Beijing Minister Tiilikainen will visit Qingdao for the Wood from Finland Export Programme and Shanghai for the Food from Finland Programme.https://ym.fi/en/-/1410837/asunto-energia-ja-ymparistoministeri-tiilikainen-vienninedistamismatkalle-kiinaan
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15.10.2021 | CBD Distr. GENERAL CBD/COP/15/5/Add.1 13 October 2021 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Fifteenth meeting (part I) KUNMING DECLARATION “ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION: BUILDING A SHARED FUTURE FOR ALL L...https://ym.fi/documents/1410903/0/cop-15-05-add1-en.docx/e07f72a0-1370-f5fe-e936-39b2c2c921a4?t=1634283077322
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18.3.2016 | Minister of Agriculture and the Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen visits China on 20 – 25 March 2016. Minister Tiilikainen is accompanied by a business delegation of 60 persons, mainly representing the forest, food and cleantech sectors. The main purpose of the visit is to promote the Finnish-Chinese trade relations. On the agenda there is also a visit to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.https://ym.fi/en/-/1410837/maatalous-ja-ymparistoministeri-tiilikainen-vienninedistamismatkalle-kiinaan
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2.12.2022 | The 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Montreal, Canada on 7–19 December 2022. “The Conference in Montreal must mark a turning point in terms of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2030, somewhat in the same way as the Paris Climate Change Conference did for preventing climate crisis,” says Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Maria Ohisalo, who leads Finland’s delegation.https://ym.fi/en/-/un-biodiversity-conference-starts-in-montreal-turning-point-needed-to-halt-nature-loss
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11.5.2022 | On 11 May 2022, the Ministerial Working Group on Climate and Energy Policy discussed biodiversity. A process is under way in Finland to prepare a new Biodiversity Strategy and the commitments for implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy.https://ym.fi/en/-/ministerial-working-group-on-climate-and-energy-policy-received-updates-on-finland-s-and-eu-biodiversity-strategies
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2.11.2021 | Finland has joined the Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use of the Glasgow Climate Change Conference, whereby more than one hundred countries commit to stopping deforestation by 2030. President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö will speak at the publication event of the Declaration on Forests in Glasgow on Tuesday.https://ym.fi/en/-/finland-joins-glasgow-leaders-declaration-on-forests-and-land-use
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21.4.2021 | Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Krista Mikkonen will participate in the ministerial discussions to be held in connection with the US Climate Summit on Friday 23 April. The United States has invited 40 world leaders to a Leaders’ Climate Summit on 22–23 April.https://ym.fi/en/-/minister-krista-mikkonen-attends-ministerial-discussions-of-the-us-climate-summit-on-23-april
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30.8.2019 | Negotiations begin on new targets for halting biodiversity loss – revised objectives under preparation for 2030, 2040 and 2050 Ministry of the Environment Publication date 30.8.2019 15.18 Type: Press release Negotiations for the new global biodive...https://ym.fi/en/-/negotiations-begin-on-new-targets-for-halting-biodiversity-loss-revised-objectives-under-preparation-for-2030-2040-and-2050
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29.10.2020 | The carbon tariffs planned by the EU may curb carbon leakage, but on closer inspection, they can prove problematic in many ways. According to a study published on 29 October, the EU’s carbon tariff project will face challenges in the coming years.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/study-carbon-tariffs-may-curb-carbon-leakage-but-implementing-them-is-a-slow-and-uncertain-process-that-burdens-trade-relations