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8.11.2024 | POLICY BRIEF 2024:23 Perspectives into topical issues in society and ways to support political decision-making. This publication is part of the implementation of the 2023 Government plan for analysis, assessment and research. The producers of the ...

26.4.2023 | In future, the state will need to play a more active role in steering the economy. According to a study published on 26 April, short-term shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, have required the active involvement of states to ensure the sustainability of their economies and societies.

28.5.2021 | According to a study, levying taxes on profit from mining operations would be the most effective way to implement a separate mine tax. The goal of the research project between the VATT Institute for Economic Research, the Finnish Environment Institute and KPMG was to identify a tax instrument that would guarantee reasonable income for society from the extraction of non-renewable natural resourc...

6.6.2022 | The determined promotion of exports and internationalisation in Finnish business life is increasingly important. An efficiently operating Team Finland network plays a key role in this. According to an assessment published by the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities on 6 June, the operating model of the network has clearly developed but there is still room for improvement in the network activities.

29.3.2023 | Carbon dioxide capture, use and storage technologies offer significant opportunities for Finland when it comes to both achieving the carbon neutrality target and creating new business. However, stronger national guidance, a clearer regulatory environment and measures to ensure sustainability are needed for the deployment of solutions. This is according to a new report drawn up for the Government...

16.12.2019 | A recent study shows that free trade agreements have had positive impacts within the EU, but their direct impact on Finland has remained below the EU average. There has been a significant increase in Finnish exports to many countries covered by the free trade agreements, but in most cases this is mainly due to the growth of trade in general as a result of globalisation. However, in certain secto...

Sää- ja ilmastoriskien arviointi ja seuranta on panostus turvallisuuteen ja hyvinvointiin Kokoava ja tehokas toimintamalli ilmastoriskien arviointiin Sää- ja ilmastoriskien hallintaa muuttuvassa maailmassa voidaan kehittää ottamalla käyttöön yhtei...

Team Finland network – significant progress made, but there is still room for improvement Main recommendations of the evaluation: • The development of the Team Finland network should be continued in a determined and long-term manner based on the c...

Framework for innovation-friendly regulation Towards innovation-friendly regulation Radical innovations and break-through technologies are desperately needed in solving to-day’s difficult societal challenges, such as those created by climate chang...

Arctic Europe: Bringing together the EU Arctic Policy The study considers how the European Union’s Integrated Policy for the Arctic can productively interact with Nordic cooperation frameworks in order to support developments in Arctic Europe. Com...

18.12.2019 | The price level of CO2 emission allowances has varied considerably since the introduction of the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS), which may have an impact on the guiding effect of the system in the short and long term. A regional carbon price floor (CPF) has been proposed as a means to ensure the guiding effect of emissions trading in all market situations. What has been suggested is to introduce CPF regionally, e.g. in the Nordic countries or in the Nordic and Baltic countries.

20.11.2020 | The economic costs of climate policy measures such as emission tax and their effects on income distribution can be regulated by redistributing emission tax revenue back to households. This is the outcome of a study conducted by the Pellervo Economic Research Institute PTT, Merit Economics, and Statistics and Research Åland ÅSUB. The means to do this include earned income tax and/or corporation tax concessions and direct support to households.

12.2.2019 | Over the past decade, China has undertaken an effort to demonstrate its growing knowledge of, and commitment to, the Arctic region. Some actors and experts are concerned about China’s aims and actions in the region, while others express hope for Chinese institutions, investors and companies to contribute to regional development and knowledge-building. The study commissioned by the Government of Finl...

29.10.2020 | The carbon tariffs planned by the EU may curb carbon leakage, but on closer inspection, they can prove problematic in many ways. According to a study published on 29 October, the EU’s carbon tariff project will face challenges in the coming years.

19.8.2019 | The climate impacts of diet can be reduced by 30 to 40 per cent by changing our diets and taking care of the carbon reserve in arable land. According to the final report of the FoodMinimum project, shift to a climate-friendly diet requires larger, systemic changes.

3.4.2018 | A group of Finnish researchers has analysed the EU budget's new sources of income. According to the group, the mobility of tax bases, as well as the environmental impacts of production and consumption speak in favour of the harmonisation of these tax bases at the EU level. Harmonisation would allow a reform in the financing of the EU, so that it is based on new own resources collected directly from the Member State's tax bases.

30.9.2016 | Team Finland growth programmes offer a new tool for furthering internationalisation of SMEs. The findings of the growth programme evaluation published today indicate that enterprises are largely satisfied with the implementation of the programmes. However, there are significant differences in programme performance and points for further development in the operating model.

14.2.2017 | The Finnish goal of bioeconomy growth requires that several bottlenecks are removed. Reaching the goal needs changes to attitudes and regulations as well as improved skills, according to a research project on bioeconomy and its bottlenecks and steering mechanisms carried out by Pellervo Economic Research PTT and Think Tank e2.

29.1.2026 | A study carried out by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs together with the University of Helsinki and the Tampere University examined Russia’s full-spectrum influence activities directed at Finland since the 2000s and their effects on Finnish society and decision-making.

9.2.2017 | Adam Stępień and Timo Koivurova Arctic Europe: Bringing together the EU Arctic Policy and Nordic cooperation February 2017 Publication series of the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities 15/2017 1 DESCRIPTION Publisher and rele...