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Intro -- Foreword -- Reader's guide -- Basic statistics of Finland -- Executive summary -- Finland should turn its ambitious strategies into effective and coherent action -- GHG emissions fell, but uncertainties remain on the path to carbon neutrality -- A flexible and zero-carbon electricity sector...

…but environmental assessment and land-use planning have implementation gaps -- Compliance assurance relies on trust and engagement of the regulated community -- Promotion of compliance and green business practices is a core governance tool -- Transparency and environmental education foster broad pu...

Part I. Progress towards sustainable development -- Chapter 1. Key environmental trends -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Promoting sustained and inclusive economic growth -- 1.2.1. Economic performance and structure of the economy -- 1.2.2. Population and well-being -- 1.3. Moving towards a low-carbon...

Greening public procurement -- 2.5. Promoting environmental democracy -- 2.5.1. Public participation in environmental decision making -- 2.5.2. Access to environmental information -- 2.5.3. Access to justice -- 2.5.4. Environmental education -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 3. Towards green growth...

4.4.3. Placing policies to reverse car dependency at the core of climate action -- Increasing competitiveness of sustainable modes to reverse their erosion -- Redesigning public space and road management to shift from induced demand to disappearing traffic -- Integrating land-use and transport syste...