Organisations, Programmes, and Projects
Climate Protection, City of Helsinki
Description: strategies for climate action and conservation
https://www.hel.fi/helsinki/en/housing/environmental/programmes/climate-action/
Urban Environment Division, City of Helsinki
Description: environmental reports and climate policies
https://www.hel.fi/kaupunkiymparisto/en
Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science; the Urban Environmental Policy Research Group; and the Research Centre for Ecological Change, University of Helsinki
Description: research on climate adaptation and sustainability
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/urban-environmental-policy
Climate Street Project
Description: local pilot projects for mitigation and adaptation
Resources
Reports and Policies
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority
Description: policies for various sectors such as land-use, buildings, and water
Climate Smart Helsinki, City of Helsinki
Description: integrated mitigation and adaptation plan
https://www.hel.fi/hel2/ksv/julkaisut/esitteet/esite-2017-4-en.pdf
Storm water management program, City of Helsinki
Description: objectives, priorities, monitoring, and city organization
https://www.hel.fi/static/liitteet/kaupunkiymparisto/julkaisut/julkaisut/julkaisu-03-18-en.pdf
Weather and Climate Change Risk Assessment, City of Helsinki and the Finnish Meteorological Institute
Description: report that outlines the climate risks and vulnerabilities
Academic articles
Klein, Johannes, Klein, Johannes, Mäntysalo, Raine, Mäntysalo, Raine, Juhola, Sirkku, & Juhola, Sirkku. (2016). Legitimacy of urban climate change adaptation: A case in Helsinki. Regional Environmental Change, 16(3), 815-826.
Description: qualitative analysis of adaptation planning
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-015-0797-y
Juhola, S. (2013). Adaptation to Climate Change in the Private and the Third Sector: Case Study of Governance of the Helsinki Metropolitan Region. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 31(5), 911-925.
Description: private and third sector participation in adaptation governance
https://doi.org/10.1068/c11326
Ruuhela, Reija, Jylhä, Kirsti, Lanki, Timo, Tiittanen, Pekka, & Matzarakis, Andreas. (2017). Biometeorological Assessment of Mortality Related to Extreme Temperatures in Helsinki Region, Finland, 1972-2014. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(8), 944.
Description: time series analysis of the relationship between temperature change and mortality in the region
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/8/944
Räsänen, Aleksi, Heikkinen, Kimmo, Piila, Noora, & Juhola, Sirkku. (2019). Zoning and weighting in urban heat island vulnerability and risk mapping in Helsinki, Finland. Regional Environmental Change, 19(5), 1481-1493.
Description: assessment of zoning and spatial mapping of UHI vulnerabilities and risks
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-019-01491-x
Additional sources
https://www.hel.fi/static/liitteet/kaupunkiymparisto/julkaisut/julkaisut/julkaisu-32-19-en.pdf
Zoning and weighting in urban heat island vulnerability and risk mapping in Helsinki, Finland. Aleksi Räsänen, Kimmo Heikkinen, Noora Piila & Sirkku Juhola.
Legitimate adaptive flood risk governance beyond the dikes: the cases of Hamburg, Helsinki and Rotterdam. Heleen Mees, P.P.J. Driessen & Hens Runhaar.
Finland’s Integrated Energy and Climate Plan, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
Finland’s National Adaptation Strategy, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
https://hiilineutraalisuomi.fi/en-US https://www.uudenmaanliitto.fi/en/development_and_planning/regional_programming/climate_neutral_helsinki-uusimaa_2035
https://helsinkismart.fi/cases/?_cases_theme=climate-neutrality#acf-cases-listing https://hslfi.azureedge.net/contentassets/7352e50fa96b4f4c9d017860c4363eaf/mal_summary_report_210x260_en_rgb.pdf