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Davos: Finnish PM stresses importance of Arctic Council for region’s stability amidst climate change

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:07
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In her international debut at the 51st World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the world needs

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Finland far behind climate goals, think tank says

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 12:25
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Finland’s carbon emissions are dropping far too slowly to reach the country’s climate goals, according to a fresh report from the Research

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40 C temperature gap between northern and southern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:31
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Winter temperatures reached their lowest level this winter when the mercury dropped to 37.7 degrees below freezing in Kevojärvi in

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Finland nearly 1 degree warmer than usual in 2019

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 3, 2020 at 13:53
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It was warmer and wetter last year than national averages, the Finnish Meteorological Institute reports. Temperatures in Finland last year

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Colder than average autumn in Finnish Lapland

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 11:55 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 11:57
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Arctic Finland experienced a colder autumn than usual in 2019 according to statistics from the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). In

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Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin stresses climate action in New Year message

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 09:26 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 09:27
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Marin said that society’s strength can’t be measured by the wealth of its most affluent members. In her Prime Minister’s

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Finland ‘disappointed’ by COP25 failure

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2019 at 09:10 — Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2019 at 09:17
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The US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement made a new deal more difficult, according to the Environment Minister. UN

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Finns favour nuclear power to fight climate change, poll says

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 12:01 — Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 12:48
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Nearly half of all respondents to an Yle poll said they consider nuclear power to be a sustainable form of

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Polar night begins as sun sets on Finland’s far North

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 11:28
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According to the University of Helsinki Almanac Office, residents of the village of Nuorgam — located close to the northernmost

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Finland investigates oil leak risks from Baltic Sea shipwrecks

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 10:32
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The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has sent a research ship to investigate two shipwrecks seen as potential environmental risks. This

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Finland’s lingonberries can fight obesity, study says

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 13:57
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Lingonberries can have significant health benefits and counteract many problems caused by being overweight, according to a recent study by

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Should Finland adopt a flight tax to reduce emissions?

Egan Richardson, Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 09:44 — Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 08:44
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Is flying too cheap? That’s what one group of activists argues as they campaign for Finland to introduce a tax

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Finnish residents among world’s worst CO2 emitters by air travel, stats show

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:23
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People resident in Finland cause more carbon dioxide emissions by flying than those resident in any other country in the world except

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Helsinki University christens new vessel for Baltic Sea research

Yle News
Posted: Monday, October 21, 2019 at 15:59 — Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2019 at 16:08
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A new research vessel was christened in Helsinki last week that will improve and modernize Finland’s Baltic Sea research capabilities.

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Finland’s endangered Saimaa ringed seal population reaches 400

Yle News
Posted: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 16:07
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Conservationists have succeeded in smashing a target for numbers of the rare and severely endangered Saimaa ringed seal, with more

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