Recipes for Systemic Change - Helsinki Design Lab

Stakeholder involvement and support for preparation and implementation:Climate Forum of the Ministry of the Environment, expert organizations, universities, NGO´s and othersKyoto Protocol ImplementationStatistics Finland, Energy Market AuthorityMinistry of the Environment, Ministry of Employment and the Economy,Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ministry of Finance,Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryInterministerial Working GroupInternational Climate PolicyHigh-level Working Group of Government OfficialsDomestic Climate PolicyInternational Climate PolicyGovernment, ParliamentCabinet Committee on EU AffairsMinistry of the EnvironmentDomestic Climate PolicyGovernment, ParliamentMinisterial Working Group onClimate Change and EnergyMinistry of Employment and the EconomyEUROPEAN UNIONCouncil of the European UnionCommission of European Communities,(Environment, Energy, Transport etc.)European ParliamentWorking Party on Intl. Environment/ClimateClimate Change CommitteeMonitoring MechanismUNFCCC, Kyoto ProtocolSourceFinland’s FifthNational Communicationunderthe United NationsFramework Conventionon ClimateChangeInstitutional Arrangements Concerning Climate Policy and its ImplementationWith climate change taking a more central role in public policy discussions,more ministries and agencies have an interest in forthcomingregulations. This has, and will continue to significantly alter the policy andgovernance landscape in Finland. In addition, the upcoming 2011 parliamentaryelections suggest that climate change may potentially become acore issue in the new government. Many in Finland expect this new governmentto invigorate the climate policy debate.Detailed information on Finland's current policies, projected GHGabatement impact and the various groups, ministries and agencies workingon climate change in Finland are outlined in Finland’s Fifth National Communicationunder the United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange.D6.2 The EUThe EU is driving much of Finland's climate change policy formulation,especially for the post 2012-2020 period. As required, Finland's communicationto the UNFCCC outlines its climate policy obligations as an EUMember State:253