The study estimated the amounts of ozone depleting substances and climate- warming F-gases in used and decommisioned appliances and structures, i.e. ”gas banks”, as well as the emissions from them. ...

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) employs some 700 professionals, almost 510 of them in research and expert tasks. Our expertise and extensive cooperation with our partners provide valuable new in...

  CLIMATE-NUDGE utilizes knowledge from behavioural sciences, especially nudging, in planning choice architecture to help communities and individuals choose environmentall...

A cognitive understanding of climate change is different from an embodied, physical, and emotional one. Seeing images or videos of melting ice is not as powerful as touching the ice and feeling it mel......

Project background and objectives Data-driven approach for development of recycling ecosystem and advanced modelling of environmental performance (DREAM) -project is a part of SPIRIT programme t...

During this project, Finnish Environment Institute will assess the environmental impacts of the new process technology as well as the wider system-level impacts of micro-mobility in cities. The proje...

Science, art and architecture come together at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The Finnish pavilion brings water consumption and nutrient recycling into the international architectural debate for th......

EU legislation to reduce the risk of pharmaceuticals in the environment Authors:  Lauri Äystö, Finnish Environment Institute, lauri.aysto(at)syke.fi; Noora Perkola, Finnish Environment...

Senior specialist Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel.  +358 295 251 235 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Climate solutions Regions and mu......

The UN Water Conference in New York on 22–24 March will mark World Water Day in an extraordinary way this year. The Finnish Environment Institute is closely involved in the Finnish delegation to promo......

  Researcher MSc (Limnology)     Contact information Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Circular economy solutions Contaminants Latokar......

Senior research scientist Adjunct professor, University of Helsinki Contact information dalia.damato-pihlman@syke.fi tel. +358 295 251 081 Finnish Environment Institu......

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

Researcher M.Soc.Sci (Economics), MSc (Environment and Natural Resources) Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Phone: +358 29 5252 123 Finnish Environm......

Researcher M.Sc. (Geology) Email: milja.raisanen@syke.fi Phone: +358 29 5252 085 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Circular economy solutions Policy and consumption Latokart......

The recycling rate of household waste has increased in almost all municipal areas that have been monitored in the period 2016–2021 (some of the municipalities have been monitored from 2018–2021). The ......

It is time to start paying attention to the EU Environmental Footprint as it has a potential of becoming the only acceptable way to substantiate environmental claims of products and services on the co......

According to calculations by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), municipalities’ total climate emissions decreased by 3.1 per cent in 2021 from the previous year. Emissions decreased in nearly a......

Upgrading of Swedish wastewater treatment plants – research and practice hand in hand Author: Michael Cimbritz, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, michael.cimbritz(at)chemeng....

Research professor Docent (Adjunct professor), Environmental policy, University of Tampere Ph.D., Admin. Science, Environmental policy, University of Tampere © Kai Widell ......