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Data protection and processing of personal data at the Ministry of the Environment Contact information Controller Ministry of the Environment PO Box 35, FI-00023 Government Tel. (switchboard) +358 295 16001 kirjaamo.ym(at)gov.fi Data Protection Of...https://ym.fi/en/data-protection
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Based on the behavioural study, the Finns are better aware of climate change than of biodiversity loss.https://ym.fi/en/-/behavioural-study-published-people-need-more-information-on-how-to-act-for-nature
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Whistleblower protection Whistleblower protection safeguards people who report certain types of misconduct. In this case, a ‘whistleblower’ is a person who, in the course of their work, discovers a breach of European Union or national law concerni...https://ym.fi/en/whistleblower-protection
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Cooperation in the EU Finland promotes sustainable development and integration of the environment in all sectors within the European Union. The Ministry of the Environment coordinates, prepares and monitors EU environmental affairs within the fiel...https://ym.fi/en/cooperation-in-the-eu
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Circular economy incentives This is how we implement the Circular Economy Programme The use of natural resources may cause emissions or harm ecosystems without the party causing the harm paying for any of the costs incurred. Companies and consumer...https://ym.fi/en/strategic-programme-to-promote-a-circular-economy/circular-economy-incentives
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20.10.2025 | The EU environment ministers will meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday 21 October. The ministers are expected to adopt Council conclusions on the preparations for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) and on the Water Resilience Strategy. The ministers will also discuss the European Ocean Pact proposed by the European Commission. Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala will represent Finland at the meeting.https://ym.fi/en/-/eu-environment-and-climate-ministers-meet-in-brussels-eu-positions-for-un-climate-change-conference-cop30-on-agenda
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19.9.2023 | In its first budget session, the Government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo decided on solutions that will return Finland to a sustainable growth track. The Government will launch structural reforms to boost employment and growth, which will have positive impacts on general government finances in the next few years. In addition, the Government decided on consolidation measures.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/budget-session-of-prime-minister-orpo-s-government-returning-finland-to-a-sustainable-growth-track
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16.1.2026 | Finland’s National Update Report on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in 2021-2025 Compiled by Emma Lappalainen, CEO, Finngroup Consultants 10/2025 2 (73) Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................https://ym.fi/documents/1410903/58486706/Finlands%20National%20Report%20on%20Impl.%20of%20NUA%202021-2025.pdf/159f85b6-1568-6571-ded2-2e2efbed0ab9?t=1768555202762
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19.11.2021 | On Friday 19 November, the President of the Republic transferred and appointed Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Krista Mikkonen as Minister of the Interior and appointed Member of Parliament Emma Kari as the new Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. The President of the Republic also released Maria Ohisalo from her duties as Minister of the Interior and her membership in the Government.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/new-ministerial-appointments-in-prime-minister-marin-s-government
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8.3.2024 | On Friday 8 March, Minister of Climate and the Environment Kai Mykkänen visited Kyiv at the invitation of Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets. During the visit, he also met Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Deputy Minister of Energy Svitlana Grynchuk.https://ym.fi/en/-/minister-of-climate-and-the-environment-mykkanen-in-kyiv-finland-will-support-ukraine-in-mapping-environmental-damages-and-in-reconstruction
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27.10.2021 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will attend the 73rd Session of the Nordic Council and the meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers in Copenhagen on Wednesday 3 November. This year, Finland holds the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which is the official body for intergovernmental Nordic cooperation.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/prime-minister-marin-and-other-ministers-to-attend-nordic-meetings
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21.9.2020 | The National Commission on Sustainable Development, the Economic Council and the Climate Policy Roundtable will meet on Thursday 24 September. The theme of the joint meeting is the just transition to a carbon-neutral society. The event will explore ways to achieve the Government’s carbon neutrality target by 2035 in a manner that is just and sustainable.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/prime-minister-convenes-joint-meeting-of-climate-policy-forums
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22.10.2020 | 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.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/prime-minister-marin-and-several-other-ministers-to-attend-virtual-nordic-meetings
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12.1.2024 | In its plenary session on 21 December 2023, the Government appointed Mika Nykänen, Master of Administrative Sciences, to serve as State Secretary to Minister of Employment Arto Satonen and Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Kai Mykkänen. Nykänen’s term as State Secretary will begin on 15 January 2024 and will continue for the duration of the ministers’ terms of office.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/mika-nykanen-to-begin-as-state-secretary-to-ministers-satonen-and-mykkanen-on-monday-15-january
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11.10.2023 | In the beginning of next year, an exceptionally broad group of actors will join their forces to implement a record large biodiversity project. With EUR 50 million in funding, this eight-year Priodiversity LIFE project is the largest project to combat biodiversity loss ever implemented in Finland. The aim is to collect best practices and find new forms of funding to preserve biodiversity.https://ym.fi/en/-/finland-s-largest-ever-eu-funded-life-biodiversity-project-started-new-and-more-effective-means-to-combat-biodiversity-loss
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20.2.2023 | A new young people’s climate change and nature group will be established under the Prime Minister’s Office. The group will be tasked to support the ministries in the planning, implementation and impact assessment of youth participation. The aim is to ensure the fairness of different policy measures from the perspective of future generations.https://ym.fi/en/-/youth-participation-in-decision-making-on-climate-and-nature-to-be-strengthened-by-new-young-people-s-climate-change-and-nature-group
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29.6.2023 | In its plenary session on 29 June, the Government appointed Päivi Nerg (Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry), Laura Rissanen (Master of Social Sciences), Timo Jaatinen (Master of Social Sciences), Elina Laavi (Master of Public Administration), Juha Martelius (Doctor of Social Sciences) and Teija Makkonen (Master of Military Science, Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Administrative Sciences) to serve as state secretaries.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/six-state-secretaries-appointed-to-orpo-s-government
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15.11.2022 | On 24 November, high-level European decision-makers will convene at the Finnish Nature Centre Haltia in Espoo to explore solutions forests can offer in the pursuit of good living environments. Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s guests at the Into the Woods event will be President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, European Commissioner for Environment Virginijus Sinkevičius, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/into-the-woods-high-level-decision-makers-to-discuss-role-of-forests-in-building-good-living-environments
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Partha Dasgupta to speak about sustainable economic policy in Helsinki - Ministry of the Environment
24.5.2022 | On 1 June, the Economic Council chaired by Prime Minister Sanna Marin will organise a conference on the theme of ecologically sustainable economic policy in the 2020s. The keynote speaker at the event will be Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, whose report emphasising the economic importance of biodiversity has attracted wide international attention.https://ym.fi/en/-/10616/partha-dasgupta-to-speak-about-sustainable-economic-policy-in-helsinki -
14.3.2022 | The Government aims is to halve the number of homeless people during this Government term and to eradicate homelessness in the following years. Among the means used to eradicate homelessness is housing advice, and the Ministry of the Environment has launched a process to enact legislation on this.https://ym.fi/en/-/work-on-homelessness-intensified-by-improving-housing-advice-ministry-of-the-environment-launches-process-to-enact-legislation-on-advice