Climate change links 48/2009 (November 23 – November 29)

http://delicious.com/tietoukka/2009-48

Watching The Finnish… 47/2009 (November 16 – November 22)

Finnish coverage of foreign climate change news

The following topics were mentioned:

East Antarctic ice sheet may be losing mass

Mentioned by: CO₂-raportti

Original article in: Nature Geoscience

Oceans’ ability to absorb CO₂ may be diminishing

Mentioned by: CO₂-raportti

Original article in: Nature

Increasing fraction of CO₂ emissions remains in the atmosphere; fossil fuel CO₂ emissions up by 29 % since 2000

Mentioned by: Tiede.fi, CO₂-raportti

Original article in: Nature Geoscience

See the About page for more info, and this page for my further remarks in Finnish.

Finnish climate change news

Finnish Energy Industries: “Electricity consumption is back on the rise again” (in Finnish)

Statistics Finland: “Environmental taxes decrease to 6.2 % of total taxation by the state in 2008” (in Finnish)

VTT (via AlphaGalileo): New nuclear power plants and the electricity market competition

Greenpeace Finland: “Minister Pekkarinen must halt construction of Olkiluoto 3 for the sake of nuclear security” (in Finnish)

Helsingin Sanomat: “Exceptionally warm weather in Southern Finland” (in Finnish)

Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Minister Väyrynen: The recession weakens financiers’ commitments to climate efforts

Foreign news about Finland

Greenpeace International: Update: Nuclear madness reaches Finland

Greenpeace International: Nuclear expert warns of safety flaws in Areva’s reactor design

Climate change links 47/2009 (November 16 – November 22)

http://delicious.com/tietoukka/2009-47

Watching The Finnish… 46/2009 (November 9 – November 15)

Finnish coverage of foreign climate change news

The following topics were mentioned:

Record-low water level in Lake Titicaca

See COP15

Deforestation rate in Brazilian Amazon lowest in 20 years

See National Institute For Space Research, Brazil

Greenland Ice Sheet melting at accelerating rate

Original article in: Science

Record high temperatures far outpace record lows across USA

See NCAR

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Finnish climate change news

Helsingin Sanomat: Congestion charges could be introduced towards end of 2010s

Yle: Neste to Become World’s Biggest Buyer of Palm Oil?

Ministry of Employment and the Economy: Ministry estimates: Growth trend in electricity consumption levelling off (version in Finnish)

Yle: Ministry Reduces Power Consumption Forecast

VTT (via AlphaGalileo): How to integrate wind power smoothly to power systems

Foreign news about Finland

Greenpeace International: Paper giant pulls out of Indonesia rainforest destruction

Watching The Finnish… 45/2009 (November 2 – November 8)

Finnish coverage of foreign climate change news

The following topics were mentioned:

CO2 emissions from forest loss is revised downwards

Original article in: Nature Geoscience

Glaciers on Kilimanjaro shrinking rapidly, will likely disappear within several decades

Original article in: PNAS

Wetlands International warns about draining peatlands

Original article at: wetlands.org

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Finnish climate change news

Yle: Companies Increasingly Interested in Green Energy

Yle: Proposal for Helsinki Congestion Charges Moves Forward

YTV: “During weekdays, approximately 100,000 cars arrive in Helsinki Metropolitan Region, transporting only 1.27 people per car” (in Finnish)

Helsingin Sanomat: Helsinki votes in favour of congestion charges

Helsingin Energia: “Helsingin Energia receives Certificate of Merit for their energy-efficiency from the International Energy Agency” (in Finnish)

Ministry of Employment and the Economy: Finnish Government grants consent for Nord Stream’s offshore gas pipeline project (version in Finnish)

Yle: Government Gives Go-Ahead to Nord Stream Pipeline

Helsingin Sanomat: Finnish government to give go-ahead for Baltic Sea gas pipeline

Yle: Greens Oppose Producing Nuclear Electricity for Export

Helsingin Sanomat: Finnish company envisages better utilisation of wind energy to provide power for electric vehicles

Helsingin Sanomat: Emission targets add urgency to development of electric cars

VTT (via AlphaGalileo): Utilization of municipal waste in biorefinery

Climate change links 46/2009 (November 9 – November 15)

http://delicious.com/tietoukka/2009-46

Climate change links 45/2009 (November 2 – November 8)

http://delicious.com/tietoukka/2009-45

Watching The Finnish… 44/2009 (October 26 – November 1)

Finnish coverage of foreign climate change news

The following topics were mentioned:

Most European palm oil buyers fail sustainability test

See WWF

Improved Attribution of Climate Forcing to Emissions

See Science

Climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities in Australia

See Parliament of Australia

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Finnish climate change news

Prime Minister’s Office: The foresight report outlines long-term climate and energy policy: Towards a thriving low-carbon Finland. “The target of the foresight report is a shift to a thriving low-carbon society in which emissions have been reduced by at least 80 per cent from the 1990 level by 2050 as part of a wider international effort.”

Finnish Vehicle Administration: “Environment-friendliness of Finnish drivers drops from last year” (in Finnish)

Helsingin Sanomat: During recession motorists consider price, not environment, when choosing car

Helsingin Sanomat: Fennovoima model of two smaller nuclear reactors interests decision-makers

Yle: Industry Wants More Nuclear Power

Yle: Old Bread Becomes New Fuel

VTT (via AlphaGalileo): Assessing the sustainability of liquid biofuels from evolving technologies. A Finnish approach

Laura Arppe / University of Helsinki: Isotopic records of terrestrial ice age environments in mammoth bioapatite

Kai Rasmus / University of Helsinki: Optical Studies of the Antarctic Glacio-Oceanic System

Watching The Finnish… 43/2009 (October 19 – October 25)

Finnish coverage of foreign climate change news

The following topics were mentioned:

Indirect Emissions from Biofuels: How Important?

See Science

The impact of a global temperature rise of 4ºC

See Act on Copenhagen

Recent changes in a remote Arctic lake are unique within the past 200,000 years

See Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Finnish climate change news

Statistics Finland: Consumption of hard coal increased by 32 per cent in January to September

Statistics Finland: Electricity production with renewable energy sources grew by 15 per cent in 2008

Helsingin Sanomat: Emotions run high in debate on uranium mining in east of Finland

Helsingin Sanomat: Date of completion for Olkiluoto III nuclear plant still anybody’s guess

Yle: Finnish Space Technology Assists Climate Satellite Project

Bioenergia.fi -a new website on bioenergy (so far, no content in English)

Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers: Engineering Associations’ National Climate Plan for Finland: “in Finnish energy production, 70 % GHG emission cuts possible by 2050″ (PDF in English)

Finnish Meteorological Institute: “Alert systems for heavy rains and sewer flooding are being developed” (in Finnish)

Climate change links 44/2009 (October 26 – November 1)

http://delicious.com/tietoukka/2009-44

Climate change links 43/2009 (October 19 – October 25)

http://delicious.com/tietoukka/2009-43

Watching The Finnish… 42/2009 (October 12 – October 18)

Finnish coverage of foreign climate change news

The following topics were mentioned:

Arctic sea ice is thinning: new evidence from the field

See Catlin Arctic Survey (PDF)

Glaciers in Indian Kashmir melting at “alarming” speed

See COP15

See the About page for more info, and this page for my further remarks in Finnish.

Finnish climate change news

Forest.fi: Finnish forests may be calculated as sources for carbon after Copenhagen

Finnish Meteorological Institute: “FMI participates in greenhouse gas and aerosol field research in Tiksi, Russia” (in Finnish)

Helsingin Sanomat: Pori’s new swimming hall will use solar power to heat water in pool
Were you just led to think that the pool will be 100 % solar-powered? Well, beware of headlines. The planned indoor pool in Pori will be getting a whopping three percent of its electricity and a totally mind-blowing five percent of its heating from solar energy.

Helsingin Sanomat: Finland aims at 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

Yle: Government Eyes Drastic Emissions Cuts

Yle: Positive Reactions To Government Climate Plan

Yle: “Minister of the Environment Paula Lehtomäki in favour of peat combustion despite its greenhouse gas emissions” (in Finnish)

Greenpeace: “Apparently those Members of Parliament who promote nuclear power are not supporting cuts in greenhouse gas emissions” (in Finnish)

Foreign news about Finland

COP15: Finland to cut emissions 80 percent by 2050