Recipes for Systemic Change - Helsinki Design Lab

While Finland has clearly begun to address climate change, it is helpfulto compare its activities to those of its neighbours. While Sweden andGermany, like Finland, are subject to the same EU directives, and Norwayis not, all three countries have enacted aggressive, internally generatednational policies:Country National (Internal) Policies % reduction 2007-2020Finland None 13,6SwedenIntegrated climate & energy policy (regulates CO 2outsideEU-ETS*; carbon neutral by 2050)48,4Germany 4 policies with robust penalties that are likely to be enforced 34,4Norway30% reduction by 2020; carbon neutral by 2030 (with globalagreement)40Though the EC has been successful in establishing an EU-wide climatechange response, member states continue exhibit divergent levels of ambition.As the table illustrates, Finland’s neighbouring countries are withinreach of a 50 percent reduction by 2030 if the DBCCA projections areaccurate. In the case of Finland, the country must halve its 2008 carbonemission levels to achieve carbon neutrality with its current carbon sinkcapacity.The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) covers less than half of totalGHG emissions. Sectors such as buildings, transport, agriculture, wasteand industrial plants fall outside of the ETS; Member States are responsiblefor their development and enforcement.216