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Climate finance Central government climate finance comprises government appropriations, tax reliefs, state guarantees for loans, and equity investments, loans and leasing operations of state-owned companies. Central government climate finance comp...https://ym.fi/en/climate-funding
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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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19.2.2025 | The parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will convene in Rome, Italy on 25–27 February 2025. The COP16.2 session will continue the negotiations on items that remained open in Cali, Colombia in November. The aim is to reach an agreement on the monitoring, evaluation and financing of the global biodiversity targets. Finland’s delegation will be led by Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala.https://ym.fi/en/-/monitoring-evaluation-and-finance-on-agenda-at-resumed-session-of-un-biodiversity-conference
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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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3.6.2024 | The UN climate change negotiations will continue in Bonn, Germany on 3-13 June. The negotiations among public officials will pave the way for decisions to be made at the Climate Change Conference in Baku concerning e.g. the finance target, and will continue the efforts to phase out fossil fuels.https://ym.fi/en/-/climate-talks-continue-in-bonn-with-discussions-on-finance-target
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17.4.2026 | The pilot project on nature values trading will restore a mire of about 12 hectares in Pielavesi, North Savo. The mire is a barren area with poor tree growth that was drained in the 1960s. In the restoration project, ditches will be blocked and trees removed.https://ym.fi/en/-/finsilva-is-selling-and-s-group-is-buying-nature-values-in-pielavesi
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Ministry of the Environment staff contact information You can search the contact data of ministry employees by name or job title. If you do not know who to contact, please contact the government switchboard. Government switchboard: +358 295 16001 ...https://ym.fi/en/browse-by-department-and-unit
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Homelessness reduced with long-term cooperation Finland is the only country in the European Union where the number of homeless people has declined in recent years. Systematic and goal-oriented efforts have been made for over 15 years to eradicate ...https://ym.fi/en/homelessness
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Land use, housing and transport agreements Land use (M), housing (A) and transport (L) agreements i.e. the MAL-agreements are concluded between the State of Finland and the seven largest urban regions: Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Ku...https://ym.fi/en/agreements-on-land-use-housing-and-transport
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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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EU Biodiversity Strategy The aim of the EU Biodiversity Strategy is to halt the loss of biodiversity and reserve the negative trend in biodiversity by 2030. The Member States are committed to 17 key targets to achieve this ambition. Three of the t...https://ym.fi/en/eu-biodiversity-strategy
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Right-of-occupancy housing Right-of-occupancy housing is an alternative for renting and owning a home. To have access to right-of-occupancy housing, a contract for this must be concluded and a certain part of the purchase price of the dwelling mus...https://ym.fi/en/right-of-occupancy-housing
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Plastics Roadmap for Finland: Reduce, refuse, recycle and replace The Plastics Roadmap for Finland 2.0 is an extensive national programme that aims for a breakthrough in the circular economy of plastics by 2030. The Plastics Roadmap is a package o...https://ym.fi/en/plastics-roadmap-for-finland
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Citizens’ panel on improving state of nature The Ministry of the Environment organised a citizens’ panel in May-June 2025 to collect people’s views related to improving the state of nature and pass them on to support decision-making. The views of ...https://ym.fi/en/citizens-panel-on-improving-state-of-nature
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28.2.2025 | The resumed session of the UN Biodiversity Conference in Rome reached an understanding on developing the financial architecture for biodiversity and on the monitoring and common review of biodiversity work.https://ym.fi/en/-/un-biodiversity-conference-agrees-on-steps-towards-more-effective-financing-victory-of-multilateral-cooperation-
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International environmental agreements This page contains a list of international agreements within the Ministry of the Environment's scope of activities. The complete list of international treaties and agreements that fall within the Ministry of ...https://ym.fi/en/international-environmental-agreements
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Montreal Biodiversity Conference COP15 The fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) will be held in Montreal, Canada on 7.-19. December 2022. The first part of the Conference took place in October 2021....https://ym.fi/en/montreal-biodiversity-conference-cop15
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Development Perspectives for Land Use in Finland The Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Environment Institute published the Development Perspectives for Land Use in Finland on 15 January 2024. Development Perspectives for Land Use in Finland,...https://ym.fi/en/development-perspectives-for-land-use-in-finland
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Compensation register The Offset Register for voluntary ecological offsetting serves for submitting applications in the local government e-service and as a register for generated and used offsets. Local government e-service The application forms a...https://ym.fi/en/compensation-register
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Natura 2000 areas The European Union aims to halt the loss of biodiversity within its territory. One of the most important means to achieve this goal is the Natura 2000 network. The network protects the habitats of wild fauna and flora defined in ...https://ym.fi/en/natura-2000-network