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Legislation on water resources and marine protection Organisation of water resources and marine management The management of water resources and marine areas is based on the Act on the Organisation of River Basin Management and the Marine Strategy...https://ym.fi/en/legislation-on-the-protection-of-water-and-the-sea
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Green Deal agreements Green Deals and the commitments made under them promote sustainable development and accelerate the achievement of environmental objectives. The purpose of these voluntary agreements concluded for a fixed term is to find solut...https://ym.fi/en/green-deals
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National Waste Plan The National Waste Plan to 2027 has been approved. The plan presents the objectives for waste management and for preventing the creation of waste and the measures to reach the objectives. In accordance with the Government Progr...https://ym.fi/en/national-waste-plan
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Medium-Term Climate Plan The Medium-Term Climate Plan is based on the Climate Act. The plan is drawn up once during each electoral term. It includes an action programme to reduce emissions in the non-emissions trading sectors, i.e. the effort shar...https://ym.fi/en/medium-term-climate-change-policy-plan
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Protection of groundwater The aim of groundwater protection is to maintain a good qualitative and quantitative status of groundwater. Finland’s groundwater bodies are highly susceptible to the impacts of human activities, which is why it is import...https://ym.fi/en/protection-of-groundwater
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Environmental permits and supervision of environmental protection A permit under the Environmental Protection Act is required for operations that cause a risk of environmental pollution. A permit is required for activities such as forest, metal an...https://ym.fi/en/environmental-permits-and-supervision-of-environmental-protection
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Contaminated areas Soil, groundwater and sediment Soil contamination refers to reduced soil quality due to harmful substances resulting from human activity. This may endanger or harm human health or the environment, impair the amenities of the are...https://ym.fi/en/contaminated-areas
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Chemicals legislation One of the primary goals of chemicals legislation is to prevent the environmental impacts of chemicals before they can cause problems. The majority of the chemicals legislation consists of EU regulations directly applicable i...https://ym.fi/en/chemicals-legislation
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Improving the state of waters and marine areas (Ahti Programme) The aim of the AHTI Programme is to achieve a good status for waters and the Baltic Sea. The programme promotes the implementation of the national Marine Environment Management Plan (...https://ym.fi/en/improving-the-state-of-waters-and-marine-areas-2023-2027
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Waste legislation Finnish waste legislation covers all wastes except certain special types of waste such as radioactive wastes, which are covered by separate laws. Finnish waste legislation is largely based on EU legislation, but in some cases inc...https://ym.fi/en/waste-legislation
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Environmental Damage Fund The Environmental Damage Fund is an off-budget entity. Compensations from the Fund will be paid for costs incurred from preventing environmental pollution and restoring polluted environments and for damage caused when com...https://ym.fi/en/environmental-damage-fund
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The National Building Code of Finland The Land Use and Building Act (132/1999) specifies the general conditions concerning building, substantive technical requirements, building permit procedure and building supervision by the authorities. The sub...https://ym.fi/en/the-national-building-code-of-finland
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22.3.2023 | The Helsinki Region Environmental Services HSY has commissioned the Suomenoja wastewater treatment plant in Espoo to carry out an inventory of its equipment, with the aim of donating some of this to Ukrainian wastewater treatment plants. The Ministry of the Environment of Finland supports the donation.https://ym.fi/en/-/finland-to-donate-wastewater-treatment-equipment-to-ukraine
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16.10.2023 | The EU ministers responsible for the environment and climate change issues will meet in Luxembourg on 16 October to discuss the EU’s objectives for the negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Dubai. The conclusions to be adopted by the Environment Council will constitute the EU’s objective for the Climate Change Conference. Finland’s representative at the Environment Council will be Minister of Climate and the Environment Kai Mykkänen.https://ym.fi/en/-/environment-council-to-discuss-un-climate-change-conference-urban-wastewater-treatment-directive-and-co2-emission-standards-for-heavy-duty-vehicles
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6.2.2023 | The Ministry of the Environment has published guidelines concerning the priority treatment of projects that promote investments in the green transition in permit procedures. The guidelines are available on the website of the Regional State Administrative Agency. They are intended both for the permit applicants and for the Regional State Administrative Agencies and Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment.https://ym.fi/en/-/guidelines-for-priority-treatment-of-green-transition-projects-completed
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17.12.2025 | The Government’s legislative reforms and the one-stop service at the Finnish Supervisory Agency, which will begin operating on 1 January 2026, will promote economic growth that is based on the cleanest solutions and will strengthen our comprehensive security. “The Government’s historic reforms concerning the permit procedures enter into force at the right moment. In different parts of Finland th...https://ym.fi/en/-/significant-legislative-reforms-to-boost-green-transition-and-investments
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4.12.2025 | Finland is on the path to achieving the emission reduction targets for the effort-sharing sector for the period 2021–2030, set jointly in the EU. On 4 December 2025, the Government gave a Report to Parliament on the Medium-Term Climate Plan that sets out the measures to boost emission reductions.https://ym.fi/en/-/further-boost-to-emission-reductions-government-approved-medium-term-climate-plan
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4.2.2025 | 1 (3) Ministry of the Environment Aleksanterinkatu 7, Helsinki P.O.Box 35, 00023 Government tel +358 295 16001 Business ID 0519456-1 Finland Finland www.ym.fi CLIMA -CCS [email protected] Net-Zero Industry Act - Transparency of CO2 storage c...https://ym.fi/documents/1410903/33891761/Report_Finland_21_2_3.pdf/686ad63f-8d84-cedd-b61b-be0032cb9707?t=1738655357342
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2.7.2025 | The Ministry of the Environment requests comments on the draft Medium-term Climate Plan. The plan sets out the emissions reduction measures to be implemented in the effort sharing sector. Comments may be submitted from 2 July until 20 August 2025.https://ym.fi/en/-/medium-term-climate-plan-circulated-for-comments
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19.12.2017 | Renovated wastewater treatment plant in Petrozavodsk reduces eutrophication of Lake Onega Ministry of the Environment Publication date 19.12.2017 4.55 Type: Press release Press release of the Ministry of the Environment and Ministry for Foreign Af...https://ym.fi/en/-/renovated-wastewater-treatment-plant-in-petrozavodsk-reduces-eutrophication-of-lake-onega