Climate change has a major impact on nature and our living environment

The environment.fi website will be renewed

The renewed environment.fi website will be published by the end of March

The renewed environment.fi website will be published in the last week of March. The most important changes of the renewal concern the content. Environment.fi has implemented new functionalities that improve the user experience. The look of the site has also been renewed and the publication system has changed. This means that the vast majority of the current environment.fi addresses will change, but the important shortcuts will continue to work. Read more

Finland’s climate becomes warmer and precipitation will increase. The amount of snow and ice cover is expected to decrease within decades. Various changes are likely to be seen in nature, such as changes in the distribution areas of species, decline in species adapted to northern conditions, and changes in habitats. The expected increase in the frequency of extreme weather phenomena will cause extra costs and preparedness needs, although the need for heating will decrease, for example.