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 project has ended * The final seminar of the project was arranged in collaboration with the parliamentary "Energiaremontti" group 23 January 2019. Following the link below you can access t...

According to Finnish experts, Finland meets lot of the requirements for adapting to and mitigating climate change in both cities and the countryside as well as in various sectors....

INOGOV will create a new network of scholars and practitioners that have operated in a fragmented way thus far, specifically those that have focused on the ‘sources’ of policy innovation,...

The evaluation of climate policies is one of the focal areas of SYKE's climate change reserach. ...

Agricultural production needs to become sustainable. Currently prevalent agricultural practices cause not only significant environmental impacts but are in need of change in order to guarantee adequa...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has approved the second part of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), titled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, at the IPCC ......

Our aims From 2012-2016, the BASE project aims to foster sustainable adaptation in Europe by improving the knowledge base on adaptation and making this information easier to access, understand an...

After 20 years of use, bioenergy produced from tree stumps and roots is generating 25–35% less emissions than coal. After 50 years of use the difference would be 40–50%. The results have been obtaine......

Eeva-Lotta Apajalahti Apajalahti, E-L, Lovio, R. and Houtbeckers, E. (2011). Rearranging Utility-driven Demand Side Management (DSM) to respond market conditions: a Finnish case study . The rol......

Background Significant benefits would be achieved if present-day transport systems could be transformed and oil-dependency reduced. Potential benefits include increased self-sufficiency and ...

The projects supporting climate policy include research projects focusing on scenarios, impacts, adaptation and mitigation, and operational project assisting policy development. Projects ...

SYKE's research results are published in international and national scientific publication series and also in professional and general-interest publications. In addition, we publish brochures, books,...

Results  The results of the project were presented in LAICA FICCA final symposium in December 2014 Looking for active energy citizens (LAICA),  (pdf) The objectiv...

Press release by SYKE and FMI Just like the financial crisis the climate crisis will......