THE GOVERNMENT of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) is not doing enough to combat the climate emergency, views the Finnish Climate Change Panel. The independent expert panel last week issued a statement urging the government to “listen” to the science and waste no more time in implementing effective climate measures,Continue Reading
In a report prepared by the Boston Consulting Group for the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) in January, it became clear that Norway is lagging behind other northern European countries when it comes to emission cuts. “We must change Norwegian society in a way that we have never done beforeContinue Reading
Russia makes up nearly half the terrestrial Arctic, but global collaboration with researchers there has ground to a halt since the invasion of Ukraine The Arctic is warming at a rate of about two to four times that of the global average. As polar ice caps melt and permafrost thaws,Continue Reading
“I was surprised, I have never seen cloudberry here before. I hardly believed my own eyes,” tells Stein Tore Pedersen. Pedersen works for the Norwegian Polar Institute and was hunting for reindeer when he suddenly discovered the berries in the Coal Bay Valley, halfway between Longyearbyen and Barentsburg. It isContinue Reading
More than a quarter of Sweden’s electricity has come from wind power for two consecutive months – but a new report has warned that the country’s emissions could soon rise. Sweden generated a record 27 per cent of electricity from wind in February, narrowly beating a 26 per cent recordContinue Reading
Finland intends to vote against the EU’s Climate Delegated Act over concerns about the criteria outlined in the proposal for forest management. The Act is part of the EU’s classification system, also known as the EU taxonomy, which establishes a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities. Parliament’s Ministerial Committee onContinue Reading
Center Party MP and Riigikogu finance committee chair Erki Savisaar would not answer directly the question on whether rumors he would replace Tõnis Mölder (Center) as environment minister during his appearance on ETV morning show ‘Terevisioon’. Mölder’s resignation, no reason given, was announced Tuesday evening and he is set toContinue Reading
Incoming Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Emma Kari (Green), considers the outcome of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, which ended this weekend, to be better than expected in some ways. Interviewed on Yle TV1 on Monday morning, Kari noted that while climate conferences often end in disappointment,Continue Reading
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas sign a joint statement calling for the role of women and girls to be advanced in addressing climate change in Glasgow at the COP26 conference. The declaration was jointly-sponsored by the Scottish Government and UN Women and launched on Tuesday (November 2). It recognizes that womenContinue Reading
Nauseda said after the meeting he received the American president’s assurance over Lithuania’s diplomatic conflict with China. “Today, we really need moral and other type support from like-minded countries. So, the American president confirmed that he’s following this topic and the United States of America’s readiness to help us byContinue Reading