Mikko Savolahti

Senior research scientist

D.Sc. (Tech.)

Contact information

Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
Tel.  +358 295 251 595
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
Climate solutions
Air pollution
Visiting address: Latokartanonkaari 11,
00790 Helsinki

Mikko Savolahti @LinkedIn

Research interests

• Black carbon and other particulate emissions and mitigating their impact on climate and human health
• Soil carbon sequestration and agricultural sector’s potential in mitigating climate change
• Monetary evaluation of environmental impacts
• Biodiversity

Current research topics

• Integrated Assessment Modelling of air pollutants, including emission sources, dispersion and impacts currently and in the future. Assessed pollutants: fine particles, short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP), SO2, NOx
• Emissions from residential wood combustion and the impact of stove use practices
• Emission scenarios and emission mitigation measures
• EU legislation and its impact on Finnish emissions

Finnish Regional Emission Scenario model FRES

Ongoing projects

• Black and Brown Carbon in the Atmosphere and the Cryosphere (BBrCAC)
• Spatially accurate integrated assessment of carbon neutrality in the boreal landscape and regions C-NEUT (Finnish Only)
• Finnish material flow analysis and scenario work on the use of natural resources in support of circular economy agreement (MaViSkene)
• Update of the National Air Pollution Control Programme 2030
• Black Carbon Footprint
• More comprehensive project list

Projects ended in 2022

• The EU Action on Black Carbon in the Arctic (EUA-BCA)
• Black carbon in the Arctic and significance compared to dust sources (IBA-FIN-BCDUST)
• Understanding the link between Air pollution and Distribution of related Health Impacts and Welfare in the Nordic countries (NordicWelfAir)

Publications

• Publications by Mikko Savolahti (pdf)
• Most important publications by FRES