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Finland’s National Climate Change Adaptation Plan 2022.

Country/Territory
Finland
Document type
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 2014.
Subject
Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Water
Keyword
Climate change Disasters Risk assessment/management Early warning system/emergency intervention system Flood Erosion Sustainable development Monitoring Capacity building Emissions Environmental planning Water quality standards Cultural heritage Food security Poverty
Geographical area
Arctic, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
2014-2022
Abstract

Finland’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change adopted in 2005 aims to reinforce and enhance the capacity to adapt to climate change in Finland. The focus of the adaptation strategy is the national level and the approach is sector-based. The key objective of the adaptation strategy is to incorporate adaptation as a cross-cutting perspective into the planning, activities and follow-up within the sectors. The strategy deals with the impacts of climate changes and proposes measures to be introduced immediately as well as lines of action to be followed over longer term. Incorporation of climate change adaptation into national development plans is promoted. The objective is to reduce poverty, improve food security, promote the sustainable use of natural resources, increase the amounts of water and cultivable land available and access to sustainably produced energy, support social stability and equality and, through all this, prevent uncontrollable migratory flows both within counties and across borders.

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References - Legislation

Implements

Finland’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change 2005.

Legislation | Finland | 2005

Keyword: Climate change, Disasters, Risk assessment/management, Early warning system/emergency intervention system, Flood, Erosion, Sustainable development, Monitoring, Capacity building, Emissions, Environmental planning, Water quality standards, Food security, Poverty, Sustainable use, Ecosystem preservation, Water supply

Source: FAO, FAOLEX