Over the coming weeks, climate change mitigation and the implementation of the Paris Agreement will be discussed in Bonn. In support of climate change mitigation, the Finnish Environment Institute (SY......

Emissions from municipalities in the Carbon Neutral Municipalities (HINKU) network declined by an average 29 percent in 2007 - 2015. The greatest decreases in emissions were in the municipality of Ii ......

In order to illustrate changes in the risks of climate change for the elderly in different parts of Finland, the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has developed an interactive vulnerability mapping......

Picture: Riku Lumiaro   Black carbon (BC) has been estimated to be the second most important climate warming pollutant after CO2. The proposed project will produce new research ...

Senior research scientist  D.Sc. (for.) Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel.  +358 40 182 0847, +358 295 251 648 Finnish Environment I......

The scientific article by Kirsi Mäkinen, Paula Kivimaa and Ville Helminen, “Path creation for urban mobility transitions - linking aspects of urban form to transport policy analysis” was published in ......

The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) have released a new interactive mapping tool about climate change effects on cross-country skiing in Climate......

Picture 1. Screenshot of emission map service. [http://www.syke.fi\emissionmap]. Air pollution emissions enter the atmosphere from multiple sources such as industry, transport and residen...

Photo: Minna-Kristiina Sassi In addition to carbon dioxide (CO2), many air pollutants, such as fine particles, also have a significant impact on the climate. Especially particulate matt...

Picture: Olli-Pekka Pietiläinen Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) evaluates air pollution emissions and their impacts on the climate, environment and human health. The evaluations are ...

Photo: Olli-Pekka Pietiäinen   The research team is working in the group of Air Pollution and Mitigation of Cl...

Fig. Spatial distribution of modelled fine particle consentrations in Finland in 2010   SYKE develops integrat...

Photo: Olli-Pekka Pietiläinen Most important publications Peer-reviewed Publications Reports and Popularized Articles More comprehensive publication list in SYKE’s...

In Finland, PM air pollution has been confirmed as the most important source of environmental burden of disease (EBD). The mainstream international evaluations regarding the effects of air pollution h...

Since a substantial part of transboundary emissions in the Nordic countries are attributable to emission sources in the Russian Federation, it is important to involve Russian experts in the modelling...

Kuva: Antti Samuli Short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) include black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone and some hydrofluorocarbons (H...

The impacts from air pollution are not equally distributed, but depend on socio-demograhic and socio-economic factors, including age, gender, social status, education level, ethnic group, living condi...

© Vesa Kuusava Environmental impacts of land use have been widely assessed in recent years. In particular, carbon footprints of food and bioenergy production have been studied. Envir......

Carbon neutrality has become widely established in companies’ public relations, media and public debate albeit its content and scope varies a lot. Despite the guidance provided by authorities as we...

The climate change has already altered the characteristics of the Baltic Sea region, reveals a recent international study. In the continuation the global warming will increasingly affect e.g. ice cove......