This notice contains the information specified in Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) of the European Parliament and of the Council that must be provided to the data subje......

The GSGF in Finland — Integration of geospatial and statistical information in Finland (GSFI) project takes the next step after the GEOSTAT 4 project by adapting the GSGF Europe to the Finnish contex...

Ecosystem Accounting infographic. Download a large file (png) from here . © Syke Objective and Benefits of Ecosystem Accounts Efforts to promote social and economic well-being ...

GOVAQUA News:  Tackling Europe´s water problems requires new ways of governance (Press release, Finnish Environment Institute 19.6.2023, sttinfo.fi) ...

This work package houses the six GOVAQUA living labs, where a representative and complementary set of innovative water governance approaches and instruments will be further developed, piloted, c...

Transition to sustainable water governance (Work Package 1) This work package defines, assesses and advances the transition towards more sustainable water governance in Europe, at multiple level...

Senior researcher Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. 295 251 128 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Climate solutions Air pollution ......

Background In Finland, groundwater comprises 65 % of the household water distributed by waterworks. Groundwater is typically covered only with thin soil layers; this enables the migration of har...

The aim of the project is to assess the impacts of the European Commission's Green Claims initiative in Finland and to support the working group in the field of green claims. The project will produce...

Group manager Contact information TkT, KTM, MMM firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel: +358 29 525 1065 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Societal change Agency Lat......

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. Vision S...

Finnish Environment Institute’s (Syke) management system consists of the rules that guide Syke’s activities as well as Syke’s own policies, practices and guidelines. The purpose of the management sys...

PlastLIFE  SIP – Re-thinking plastics in a sustainable circular economy project promotes the implementation of the Plastics Roadmap for Finland (PRfF) during seven years, 2023–2029. The ultimate...

UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (look bigger picture ). The operations of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) are directly or indirectly related to most of the UN’s Sustainable D...

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...

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...

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...

© Photo: Riku Lumiaro Incomplete combustion of organic fuels results in emission of light-absorbing carbon (LAC) particles that contain both black carbon (BC), which has the stronges...

The “demand side” of the market, actions by citizens as consumers and producers of to low carbon energy now plays an increasing role in the decarbonization of energy and built environment that are th...

Objectives and targets of Finnish Environment Institute’s (Syke) environmental programme 2022–2025 Mitigation of adverse environmental impacts caused by Syke’s activities We will reduce...