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Finnish Environment Institute’s expertise in nature assessments and the IPBES Plenary (sttinfo.fi)

A photograph of a deciduous forest in the winter.
© Pirjo Ferin / Finnish Environment Institute.
 

Press release 2024-12-9
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will hold its 11th Plenary session from December 10 to 16 in Windhoek, Namibia. The Plenary will consider two landmark assessment reports: the Nexus Assessment, which examines interconnections between global crises in biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change, and the Transformative Change Assessment, focusing on the system shifts required to safeguard nature for a just and sustainable world. These reports bring together the best available scientific evidence from around the world and across knowledge systems, including Indigenous and local knowledge, to support decision-making and action. Several experts from the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) are actively involved in IPBES’s work.

Policy Brief: Limiting sulphate load of wastewaters calls for environmental quality standards (sttinfo.fi)

 

Press release 2024-11-7
The clean energy transition and the green transition are bringing mining and battery technology industries to Finland. As a result, sulphate discharges into inland waters and the Baltic Sea will increase. Sulphate also has beneficial effects in water bodies, and it is not currently classified as a harmful substance. However, a high local load may adversely affect aquatic organisms, especially in lakes with a naturally low sulphate concentration. In its new Policy Brief, the Finnish Environment Institute issues recommendations for reducing the harmful effects of the sulphate load in wastewaters.

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