Reducing emissions

The project examines the climate, energy and economic impacts of the carbon dioxide economy up to 2040 using various scenarios. First, feasible technological scenarios will be identified, with an assessment of the required feedstock flows, technologies and their economic impacts on industrial plants using forest biomass streams in Finland. Next, the climate, energy and business impacts will be calculated for Finland as a whole, along with the investment levels needed. These results are used to estimate the impact on the added value for the Finnish economy. Project results estimated to be complete: February 2026 Panel member responsible for the project: Senior Scientist Kati Koponen Involved in the project: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Finnish Environment Institute, LUT University and the Finnish Forest Bioeconomy Science Panel [caption id="attachment_6794" align="alignnone" width="750"] Part of the project group: from left Lauri Kujanpää, Jussi Lintunen, Jyri Seppälä, Kati Koponen, Monika Österberg, Esa Vakkilainen, Tekla Tammelin and Onni Linjala.[/caption]
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The future of BioCO2

The aim of this project is to set out future scenarios regarding the use of coal originating from forest biomass in Finland and to assess these scenarios’ effects in terms of climate impacts (mainly CO2), energy demand and the national economy.
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Finnish Climate Change Panel memorandum and report: Achieving climate targets requires rapid corrective action in the LULUCF sector

The Finnish Climate Change Panel's latest publications deal with Finland's pathway to carbon neutrality and the situation in the land use, or LULUCF, sector. Meeting the 2030 commitment set by the EU is an important step towards carbon neutrality by 2035. The challenges in the LULUCF sector must be resolved if we are to avoid other sectors having to bear more of the load when it comes to climate actions. Forest use must change if Finland is to meet its national climate targets and those jointly agreed within the EU.
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The Finnish Climate Change Panel’s memorandum: Carbon neutrality 2035 is a legitimate and achievable goal

While the transformation of forests from sinks to emission sources undoubtedly makes it more difficult to achieve the target of carbon neutrality enshrined in Finland's Climate Act, it does not make it impossible. By pursuing carbon neutrality, Finland is doing its fair share to mitigate climate change and maintain its attractiveness as a country for clean investment. There is a wealth of research data available to decision-makers to help them find immediately actionable ways to achieve the carbon neutrality target.
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The Finnish Climate Change Panel’s Report: Increasing the blending mandate and accelerating electrification will halve transport emissions

The Finnish Climate Change Panel has published an assessment of the current government's transport emission reduction measures in relation to 2030 climate targets. The main challenges relate to changes to the renewable fuel blending mandate. Climate targets can be achieved by increasing the proportion of renewable fuels mixed in with fossil fuels to a sufficient level and by accelerating the electrification of transport. Reducing transport emissions to meet the emissions targets of the effort sharing sector is also economically beneficial.