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Climate | Sustainable Helsinki

From 1990 to 2021, the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in Helsinki decreased by 33%. The main reasons for the reduction in emissions in the long term are the replacement of coal with natural gas in energy …

Carbon neutral University of Helsinki by 2030 – Roadmap

The purpose of this roadmap is to identify major policies through which significant emission reductions can be achieved by 2030. The roadmap is divided into four themes: Carbon-neutral facilities, Sustainable procurement, Low-emission travel and transport, and Sustainable eating habits.

Carbon footprint limit value | City of Helsinki

The City of Helsinki applies a limit value in the life-cycle carbon footprint of a building. The objective is to steer towards low-carbon building and construction. During the first phase, a carbon footprint limit value is set on new multi-story apartment houses. Complying with the set carbon footprint limit value will be a requirement in new city plans. Carbon …

Carbon-neutral Helsinki Action plan. Update 2024

Helsinki has set a target of becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, attaining carbon zero status by 2040 and aiming to become carbon-negative afterwards. In …

COVERE² -kickoff: toward a net zero agri-food sector | Collecting, verifying, reporting and reducing greenhouse gas emission | University of Helsinki

The COVERE²-project kicked off in the fall 2023. The project aims at developing a solution which enable agri-food producers to collect, verify, report and ultimately reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. It is funded by …

Sustainable construction: lessons from Helsinki – Euractiv

Helsinki has been using competitions to encourage sustainable construction and is leading the way in reducing the sector''s carbon impact, write Tomi Rantala and Kaisa-Reeta Koskinen.

Annual Climate Report 2021: Emissions in Finland declined in the exceptional year

A key factor for the carbon neutrality target is the expected number of carbon sinks in 2035, which determines the magnitude of the required emissions reductions. If a net sink of 21 million tonnes is aimed for in the land use sector in 2035, emissions should likewise decrease from the current 48 million tonnes to 21 million tonnes.

Co-benefits are accelerating the low carbon economy in Helsinki …

Helsinki has set an ambitious target to become carbon neutral by 2035, a target the city will deliver by reducing emissions by 80% and offsetting the residual 20%. The city has already made significant progress, and in 2015, Helsinki had reduced its emissions by 26% compared with 1990 .

Discount for low-emission cars | City of Helsinki

The CO2 emissions of low-emission cars and vans (incl. hybrids) may not exceed 50 g/km in WLTP tests and 37 g/km in NEDC tests, and they must meet at least the criteria of the Euro 6 standard. In order to meet the CO2 emissions criteria, it is sufficient that a vehicle''s emissions value meets the above-mentioned limits in at least one of the emissions tests.

Helsinki is developing solutions for carbon-neutral earthworks

Helsinki is developing solutions for carbon-neutral earthworks. Helsinki is experiencing both the peak years of housing construction and a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Helsinki will become a carbon-neutral city by 2030, and the climate goals will also be taken into account in preconstruction and infrastructure construction.

Zero carbon cities: The Helsinki neighbourhood trialling a …

The Helsinki neighbourhood leading the way to zero-carbon cities. Kalasatama, a former cargo port in Finland''s capital, is acting as a test bed for new ideas that could help the city reach a ...

Climate protection | julkaisut.hel

Image 2. Helsinki must reduce its emissions by 1,643 kilotonnes of CO 2 equivalent from 2021 to 2030 in order to achieve carbon neutrality, an 80% reduction compared to the …

University of Helsinki Achieves Carbon Footprint Reduction in …

Emissions were successfully reduced particularly in facilities, the area accounting for a large (38.5%) share of the University''s carbon footprint. The reduction of emissions is largely due to the purchase of carbon-neutral electricity, for which the University bought guarantees of origin for nuclear power.

Climate protection | julkaisut.hel

According to the City Strategy for 2017–2021, Helsinki will be carbon-neutral by 2035, and greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 60% by 2030. The Carbon-neutral Helsinki 2035 Action Plan was drawn up for the implementation of these targets. Climate protection is strongly associated with several themes of the Environmental Report, which is why it is …

Spatial Modeling of Local-Scale Biogenic and …

The high spatial and temporal variability and magnitude of local-scale carbon emissions and sinks in central Helsinki are studied using a combination of sources for surface data. These include surface …

Quality of life and carbon emissions reduction: does digital economy play an influential role? — Helsingin …

Xu C, Zhao W, Li X, Cheng B, Zhang M. Quality of life and carbon emissions reduction: does digital economy play an influential role? Climate Policy . 2023 huhti 6. Epub 2023 huhti. doi: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2197862

Decarbonization strategies of Helsinki metropolitan area district …

From 2010 to 2030, carbon dioxide emissions from the Helsinki metropolitan area district heating will decrease by about 4.2 million tonnes. However, the average heat production costs are expected to increase considerably by almost threefold; while heat trade between the cities will reinforce the feasibility and decreases the system …

Carbon footprint of Nasdaq Helsinki listed firms down by a fifth

The calculated carbon intensity of the listed companies on the Nasdaq Helsinki has decreased by 20% since last year. However, an investment in the listed companies in Helsinki creates more CO 2 emissions than an equivalent investment in firms listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm. ...

Reduced carbon footprints of buildings: new Finnish standards …

Abstract. The Nordic countries are working towards regional carbon neutrality ahead of the European Union''s goals. Finland is aiming at carbon neutrality by 2035, and developing a set of policies, including legislation for low-carbon construction. The new approach includes normative carbon limits for diferent building types before 2025.

Finnair reduces carbon emissions from flights departing Helsinki …

Finnair has purchased 750 tons of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Neste to reduce the carbon emissions from flights departing from Helsinki Airport in Finland. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is one of the most important tools for reducing the emissions of air travel in the coming years and is available for all airlines at Helsinki …

Helsinki Airport is carbon neutral. Here are 5 concrete actions that ensure carbon neutrality

In other words, Finavia acquires carbon offsets from the voluntary carbon market to cover its emissions which are unavoidable. During 2016, Helsinki Airport''s emissions were offset by emissions reduction units from wind power and biogas projects in …

Helsinki launches Climate Watch to track city''s emission reductions

The City of Helsinki recently launched the ''Climate Watch'', an online tool that allows people to monitor and keep track of the city''s progress in achieving its goal to become carbon neutral by 2035. In accordance with the Carbon-Neutral Helsinki 2035 Action Plan, the city has launched 147 measures to reduce emissions and to attain the …

Helsinki – CNCA

The objective of the Helsinki City is to make Helsinki carbon-neutral by 2030. This goal will be achieved by reducing the greenhouse gas emissions in Helsinki by 80 percent. The …

Climate goals and monitoring – Carbon-neutral …

Helsinki''s goal is to be carbon neutral in 2030, to zero emissions by 2040 and to be carbon negative after that. In addition, Helsinki adapts to the changing climate and prepares for changes brought by climate change, …

The path towards carbon neutrality is clear – Now we must follow it together! | Bulletin archive | Studies Service | University of Helsinki

Most of the emissions are generated by the lunch cafeterias operating on our premises, and we are expecting transparent low-carbon and sustainability programmes from them. According to Linnéa Partanen, a member of the Board of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki, the Student Union adheres to plant-based procurement.

The role of renewable energy policies for carbon neutrality in Helsinki …

Helsinki aims to reduce total carbon emissions by 80% by 2035 and the remaining 20% will be reduced with other means. Espoo has not defined how to achieve carbon neutrality. Vantaa has committed itself to reducing 80% of total emissions by 2050 while the City of Kauniainen, a very small city, does not have any specific targets.

DECARBON-HOME: Citizens as agents of change in decarbonizing suburban and rural housing — University of Helsinki

By developing and testing these low carbon and human-centric solutions to respond to the specific suburban and rural housing problems, DECARBON-HOME strongly contributes to socially equitable climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Environmental Report 2022: Successes and room for improvement in advancing the city''s environmental and climate goals | City of Helsinki

The Helsinki city strategy is ambitious in outlining measures to reduce emissions and safeguard biodiversity. Reconciling the preservation of the surrounding nature and the growth of the city was promoted on many fronts in 2022. The carbon-neutral Helsinki programme was updated to respond to the urgency of reducing emissions.

Environmental Report 2021: New strategy boosts …

The Carbon-Neutral Helsinki action plan will be updated to correspond to the 2030 carbon neutrality target. The plan will focus on the construction, transport and energy consumption actions that affect the …

Climate | Sustainable Helsinki

The City of Helsinki''s carbon neutrality target was brought forward to 2030 in the City Strategy, and the Carbon Neutral Helsinki Action Plan was updated to reflect this. Due to the very limited timeframe, effectiveness …

In Helsinki, low-carbon ratings aim to make choosing green easier …

In Helsinki, low-carbon ratings aim to make choosing green easier By Anna Scholz-Carlson November 7, 2019 2: ... Bigger challenges are cutting the chilly northern European city''s emissions from ...

Helsinki explores ways to accelerate reduction of …

The City of Helsinki, which aspires to carbon neutrality in 2030, has been investigating the realisation of the reduction of transport emissions. By 2030, the city aims to reduce transport emissions by 69 per cent from …

Towards carbon neutrality – The University of Helsinki calculates …

For this reason, in autumn 2021 the University launched a project to draw up a roadmap for a carbon neutral university by 2030. The goal of the project was to calculate the …

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Coastal vegetated ecosystems can take up and store large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but our understanding remains limited, since simultaneous methane emissions may offset this capacity. Natural methane emissions can, however, reduce the annual carbon sink capacity by about 30%.

Making Helsinki carbon-neutral | My Helsinki

The goal of Helsinki City Strategy 2021–2025 is to create a carbon-neutral Helsinki by 2030. When this goal is reached, operations taking place in Helsinki will no longer warm up the …

Port of Helsinki to become carbon-neutral already by 2030

Of course, as soon as it seems possible, we will bring the carbon neutrality targets forward in these areas, too." The Port''s carbon neutrality goals in brief • Emissions from ships to be reduced by 25% by 2030. • Emissions from …

Helsinki Principle 3: Promote Carbon Pricing Measures

Helsinki Principle 3: Promote Carbon Pricing Measures. Overview. Finance Ministers have identified carbon pricing (measures which put a price on the emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases) as a key economic policy tool to address climate change and achieve low carbon growth. Effective carbon pricing means that countries adopt ...

A carbon-neutral port | Port of Helsinki

Carbon-neutral Port of Helsinki Manifestation. Targets and measures to achieve them: A 25 per cent reduction in vessel emissions by the year 2030. A 60 per cent reduction in emissions from heavy goods vehicles by 2030. A 60 per cent reduction in emissions from work machines used in the harbour area by 2030. The Port of Helsinki should be carbon ...

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