According to the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), floodwaters will likely spill onto fields and roads in parts of southern and western Finland, but not into buildings.
Helsingin Sanomat reported last week that latest statistics show that the carbon sink of forests has deteriorated to the extent that it offsets the emission reductions achieved in the past 30 years.
Panu Halme, a senior lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä, has filed a complaint over the actions of the ministry official whose calculations of the act’s scope swayed the ruling party, reports Iltalehti.