The Government of Finland is in the process of making an additional annual one million euro contribution to sanitation in the least developed countries in 2012-2015.
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The Government adopted in October 2009 the Foresight Report on Long-term Climate and Energy Policy (Towards a thriving low-carbon Finland). Setting a target to reduce Finland's gre...

As a country that is relatively rich in natural resources and blessed with high levels of know-how, Finland has particular strengths and interests in the context of promoting the s...

In 2009 the Government of Finland decided to prepare a Council of State Natural Resources Strategy and, as a part of it, a specific National bio-economy strategy. ...

In 2009, the Finnish government passed a resolution that encourages all public actors to adopt sustainable procurement the central government, regional governments and the municip...

Ministry of the Environment of Finland has launched a national cooperation forum, Panel on Environment Innovation, for the term 2009-2011, in order to search for methods to better ...

In 2008, approximately 188 municipalities out of approximately 450 had introduced an "eco-charge" which applies to households at an average of 30 EUR per year per household. ...

One of the main goals of the current Government Programme of Finland?s Prime Minister is to promote sustainable growth. The Prime Minister?s Office published "The national strategy...

In December 2006 the Finnish Government made the Decision-in-Principle on the National Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity 2006- 2016. The decision c...

The national process on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is an attempt to look into greening the economy or how to create wealth with a smaller footprint. ...

Water supply and sewerage policies in Finland are designed to guarantee the availability of good quality drinking water, and to ensure that waste water is efficiently collected and...

Tax on waste (landfill tax), introduced in 1996, is the most important emission tax in Finland. The budgeted revenues in 2010 were at 52 million.
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Finland has raised the energy taxes to encourage more energy saving and better energy efficiency. ...

Finland introduced a carbon tax (or CO2 tax) based on the carbon content of fossil fuels in January 1990 as an instrument for climate change mitigation....

Tax on disposable beverage containers has been very successful as a complement to the deposit-refund system (stemming from the 1950's)....

Motor vehicles in Finland are charged with both a one-time registration tax and an annual tax. The registration tax (also called car tax), which is levied on passenger cars, delive...

Municipal waste charges cover costs related to the establishment, maintenance, decommissioning and clean-up of waste treatment facilities, and the transportation of wastes....