Finnish Environment Institute at Finland Pavilion at the UN COP30 climate change conference
The Finland Pavilion
More than 40 forerunner companies, universities, cities, funds, networks, industry associations, civil societies, ministries and NGOs are joining forces in the Finland Pavilion. The Pavilion emphasises Finland’s active role in the global climate leadership presenting how Finnish institutions and companies are enhancing climate solutions through research, innovation, digitalisation and low-carbon industrial solutions. Together, we showcase climate solutions that are innovative and built to last.
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Events by the Finnish Environment Institute
As part of the Pavilion, Finnish Environment Institute is organising two seminars presenting recent research in the field of climate change mitigation.
Towards a clean energy system - Roadmap for implementing a sustainable and just clean energy transition
Saturday, November 15th at 4pm
How do we bring about clean energy transition and replace fossil fuels, and what sustainability challenges and possibilities are related to that? In this event, we tell about the building of a roadmap towards a sustainable and just clean energy transition in Finland. The roadmap is being developed in the on-going Clean Energy System Transition – (REPower-CEST) project (hiilineutraalisuomi.fi). While focus is on the experiences gained during our work, more general conclusions and lessons learned through this work are also presented.
The event will be chaired by Dr Laura Sokka, Principal researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute. Dr Sokka has over 20 years of experience on research and development projects in the field of climate change mitigation and environmental assessment. Commentary speeches will be given by high-level experts Anne Højer Simonsen, Deputy Director of Dansk Industri and Silva Paananen, Counsellor, Trade and Investment at Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
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Ensuring biodiversity while implementing green energy transition
Monday, November 17th at 2pm
What is the role of biodiversity in climate change mitigation? There are potential trade-offs between the large-scale implementation of renewable energy and its potential biodiversity impacts. In this event, we present findings from the on-going Clean Energy System Transition – (REPower-CEST) project (hiilineutraalisuomi.fi), where we have studied the role of careful land-use planning in order to prevent biodiversity losses. The work concludes that careful site selection should be done in renewable energy projects, considering multiple conflicting aspects of human health and biodiversity. Site-specific nature-based solutions need to be assessed in order to take into account local biodiversity characteristics.
The event will be chaired by Dr Anna Suuronen, Researcher at the Finnish Environment institute. Dr Suuronen has vast experience in biodiversity related issues in multiple different environments, specialising in biodiversity modelling. She has worked with questions of sustainable site selection and nature impacts of renewable energy both in Chile and in Finland. Commentary speeches will be given by high-level experts Izabella Teixeira, Co-chair of the International Resource Panel (IRP) for the UN Environment Programme and Kaisa Mustajärvi, Development manager, City of Tampere and Professor of practice, Environmental Management, University of Jyväskylä.
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Towards a clean energy system
The Clean Energy System Transition (REPower-CEST) project creates a comprehensive view of the solutions, impacts, implementation challenges and opportunities of a clean energy system replacing fossil fuels. Researchers and experts produce information, tools and service concepts needed to analyse, manage and solve the challenges and risks related to the environmental, economic and social dimensions of the clean energy transition.
The aim is to develop a roadmap based on a broad knowledge base for implementing a sustainable and fair clean energy transition in Finland by 2035. The parties responsible for the implementation of the project and the content of these pages are the Finnish Environment Institute, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and The Geological Survey of Finland GTK.
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