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SYKE Policy Brief: It is time for sustainability transformation
It is time to move beyond solving environmental problems one by one, to systemic societal sustainability transformations. This is the message of the SYKE Policy Brief published today. Sustainability transformation is about rapidly fitting all our...
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Environmental marketing claims in Finland – an ongoing research by SYKE
The Finnish Environmental Institute SYKE has collected a sample of environmental claims in internet advertisements during autumn 2021. The share of internet in advertising has continuously grown and was about half of all advertisement in Finland in...
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Soil improving agents reduce water pollution from agricultural soils – a new guide is now available for farmers
Soil improving agents may quickly and effectively reduce the water pollution from agricultural land. Gypsum, pulp mill fibre, and structural lime have been studied comprehensively, and based on the results, a practical guide has been compiled, from...
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EU fleet maintains good profits overall, mainly thanks to sustainable fishing practices and management
The 2021 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet confirms that in 2019, the fleet maintained overall profitability. The report projects similar profitability levels for 2020, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fleet and fish...
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Raw Materials Scoreboard highlights urgency to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of raw materials supply in the EU
Today, the Commission presented the 3rd Raw Materials Scoreboard at the 2021 Raw Materials Week. The Scoreboard presents an in-depth analysis of Europe’s raw material supply chains, their competitiveness and trade flows.
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Mainstreaming ecological restoration of streams, rivers and peatlands promotes green development in Europe
This year's exceptional weather conditions, such as the floods in Germany, have drawn attention to the inefficiency of dams and flood walls in the flood management. Instead of these, Professor Daniel Hering from the University of Duisburg-Essen, is...
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Evaluation of the risks of chemical mixtures to human health
Panoramix (Providing risk assessments of complex real-life mixtures for the protection of European citizens and the environment) is a 4-year project supported by the European Commission with a € 4.4 M grant through the Horizon Europe program. The...
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SYKE’s vision is Sustainability Transformation!
Finland is one of the top countries in overconsumption. Our unsustainable lifestyle accelerates biodiversity loss and climate change – two of the most pressing environmental crises of our time. Along with other Western countries, Finland needs to...
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Research: Recycling the metals and minerals of smartphones and televisions is difficult, design is key
Great expectations are being set for digital solutions to reach climate targets, but their environmental impacts are not widely known. For example, the demand for critical raw materials used in smartphones and televisions, metals and minerals, is...
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Harbour porpoises and the construction of Nord Stream 2
Nord Stream 2 pipeline could be constructed without affecting the Baltic Proper porpoise population or the integrity of the Natura2000 area.
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