AquaINFRA
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Published: 2023-02-16
The overall objective of this Horizon Europe funded project (HORIZON-INFRA-2022-EOSC-01) is to develop a virtual environment equipped with FAIR multi-disciplinary data and services to support marine ...
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Developing a common knowledge base for monitoring land use and its changes (Mammutti)
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Published: 2023-01-02
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In order to mitigate climate change, Finland aims to be carbon neutral in 2035. The land use sector is both a significant carbon sink and a source of CO2 emissions....
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Developing a common knowledge base for monitoring land use and its changes (Mammutti)
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Published: 2023-01-02
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I/2022
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Published: 2022-10-21
Upgrading of Swedish wastewater treatment plants – research and practice hand in hand
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Published: 2023-01-03
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) provides valuable expertise in environmental policy-making and administration as well as advanced research and monitoring techniques also internationally. ...
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Strategy
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Published: 2021-10-27
The strategy of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) for 2021–2025 consists of our vision, mission statement, values and objectives that guide all our activities.
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Published: 2023-01-11
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Published: 2022-09-20
Frequently asked questions and answers about Proftest Syke services.
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The Biodiversity Nexus - Triggering transformative change for sustainability (BIONEXT)
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Published: 2022-09-26
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BIONEXT will develop knowledge, tools, and guidance for mainstreaming biodiversity into policy making and provide con...
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The Biodiversity Nexus - Triggering transformative change for sustainability (BIONEXT)
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Published: 2016-02-10
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Poster: An integrated tool to assess the climate and health benefits of urban strategies and measures (pdf) .
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Supporting Finnish Municipalities in Urban Greening Plans (GreeningCities)
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Published: 2022-09-14
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In 2019 the European Commission formulated the “European Green Deal”, a roadmap of key policies, legislative proposals, and strategies to implement ...
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Supporting Finnish Municipalities in Urban Greening Plans (GreeningCities)
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Finnish material flow analysis and scenario work on the use of natural resources in support of circular economy agreement
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Published: 2022-03-16
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In April 2021, Finnish Government set a resolution on the Strategic Programme for Circular Economy . The basis of the resolution is a vision that Finnish economy will be based on a...
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Finnish material flow analysis and scenario work on the use of natural resources in support of circular economy agreement
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Responsibility and sustainable development
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Published: 2022-06-03
UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (look bigger picture ).
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Enabling demand response through easy-to-use open-source approach - EasyDR
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Published: 2022-05-03
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Decarbonizing energy system is the main avenue to mitigate climate change. This project attempts to enable large scale flexibility of electricity consumption at the residenti...
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WasteLess Karelias
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Published: 2019-02-14
The project tackles littering and improves waste management in rural villages in North Karelia, Finland, and the Karelian Republic, Russia. We encourage and support local residents, authorities and c...
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Leveraging sustainability transformation (LEVERAGE)
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Published: 2022-12-19
Leverage points have been proposed as one of the boundary objects in sustainability science that aim to explain how sustainability transformation can be accelerated. The concept of leverage points (M...
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Built environment information system – RYTJ
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Published: 2023-02-17
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The new national built environment information system (Ryhti) gathers data related to construction and zoning. The system will have two ...
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Current plans into the built environment information system (VOOKA)
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Published: 2022-03-16
Working with the built environment information system.
Currently, zoning data is not comprehensively and nationally available in Finland to guide the use and development of ar...
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Bioassays as tools for assessing safety of sewage sludge fertilizer usage - harmful substances and microplastics under observation (BIOLTA)
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Published: 2018-07-18
Approximately one million tons of solid matter, known as sewage sludge, is separated from wastewater annually in Finnish wastewater treatment plants. 90 % of the nutrient rich sludge is used in agric...
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Bioassays as tools for assessing safety of sewage sludge fertilizer usage - harmful substances and microplastics under observation (BIOLTA)
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Black and Brown Carbon in the Atmosphere and the Cryosphere (BBrCAC)
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Published: 2022-02-17
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Incomplete combustion of organic fuels results in emission of light-absorbing carbon (LAC) particles that contain both black carbon (BC), which has the stronges...
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Black and Brown Carbon in the Atmosphere and the Cryosphere (BBrCAC)
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