Content about "climate change"

Opiskelijoita haalarit jalassa aurinkopaneelin edessä.
TEK's carbon dioxide emissions continued to fall
TEK's board has decided that emissions will be offset or sequestered elsewhere. So TEK is involved in an Ethiopian afforestation project, an Indian small hydropower and solar energy project, and a biochar project in Germany.
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Keywords:
climate change, TEK

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teks-carbon-dioxide-emissions-continued-to-fall

Nuori aikuinen istuu tyytyväisenä ikkunalaudalla ja tuulettaa menestyksen johdosta.
Very few unions are carbon-smart
Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK achieved its goal of becoming carbon-smart, aka carbon-neutral, by the end of 2022. TEK continuously measures its emissions, makes a conscious effort to reduce them and compensates only as a last option.
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Keywords:
climate change, sustainable development, TEK

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/very-few-unions-are-carbon-smart

Negar Sharifi leaning on a sun-lit yeallow wall.
Green experts 2023: Negar Sharifi, Oulun Energia
The goal of the green transition is to combat climate change and biodiversity loss and to build an ecologically sustainable welfare society based on a carbon-neutral circular economy. Harnessing the skills of TEK members in the green transition is particularly important. Here is one of these green experts.
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Keywords:
climate change, sustainable development

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/green-experts-2023-negar-sharifi-oulun-energia

Alexandra Pellas standing in a hallway, smiling.
Green experts 2023: Alexandra Pellas, Ramboll Management Consulting Finland
The goal of the green transition is to combat climate change and biodiversity loss and to build an ecologically sustainable welfare society based on a carbon-neutral circular economy. Harnessing the skills of TEK members in the green transition is particularly important. Here is one of these green experts.
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Keywords:
climate change, sustainable development

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/green-experts-2023-alexandra-pellas-ramboll-management-consulting-finland

Pranava Pakala working in a lab.
Green experts 2023: Pranava Pakala, Tampere University
The goal of the green transition is to combat climate change and biodiversity loss and to build an ecologically sustainable welfare society based on a carbon-neutral circular economy. Harnessing the skills of TEK members in the green transition is particularly important. Here is one of these green experts.
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Keywords:
climate change, sustainable development

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/green-experts-2023-pranava-pakala-tampere-university

Tuulivoimaloiden pienoismallit
ETUC: Workers can’t wait any longer for Just Green Transition rights
This week the European Parliament voted to adopt the political deals at the heart of the ‘Fit for 55’ package, which is the main vehicle to deliver the European Green Deal. "Trade unions all over Europe believe that the transition to climate neutrality is desirable but cannot succeed without workers being in the driving seat", says ETUC's Confederal Secretary Ludovic Voet.
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Keywords:
climate change, sustainable development

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/etuc-workers-cant-wait-any-longer-for-just-green-transition-rights

A bearded person points at the camera, gray background.
Tell us about your green work
Does your work contribute to stopping climate change? Are you studying or working in advancing a low-carbon society or circular economy? Do you want to tell others about your work or studies?
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Keywords:
climate change, sustainable development, circular economy

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tell-us-about-your-green-work

Jussi-Pekka Teini walks outdoors past a snowy bed of reeds.
Green transition is a driver of growth for Finland
A just green transition is inclusive, knowledge-based and supports good working life.
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Keywords:
climate change, sustainable development

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/green-transition-is-a-driver-of-growth-for-finland

Aurinkopaneelit, kestävä kehitys, kiertotalous
Engineers Finland: Talent shortage threatens the green transition
According to a recent report, the green transition requires more tech talent and broader transferable skills, such as continuous learning and resilience in a rapidly evolving work environment.
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Keywords:
climate change, sustainable development, circular economy, education, competence, work life

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/engineers-finland-talent-shortage-threatens-the-green-transition

VTT:n kehittämä rSOC pilottijärjestelmä
Finland benefits from the hydrogen boom
A system developed by VTT researchers can both generate electricity from hydrogen and store electricity as hydrogen. Senior Scientist Ville Saarinen believes that hydrogen will become a commodity similar to crude oil.
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Keywords:
energy, climate change, innovation, Finnish Engineering Award (SITP)

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/finland-benefits-from-the-hydrogen-boom