Finland and IIASA Highlights ( ) September 2014

CONTENTS 1.Summary 2.National Member Organization 3.Some Leading Finnish Personalities Associated with IIASA 4.Research Partners 5.Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights 6.Capacity Building 7.Further Information

SUMMARY ( ) National Member Organization Finnish Committee for IIASA Membership start date 1976 Research partners 34 organizations in Finland Areas of research collaborations The Arctic and Finland Extreme events and the resilience of Finland Applying systems analysis to economic growth and integration Finnish forests: Bio-energy resource and climate sink Projecting demographic change in Finland Advancing the integrated assessment modeling of climate change and energy challenges The future of fisheries Capacity Building 15 doctoral students from Finland have participated in IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program and its new Southern African version Other Interactions Finnish researchers, advisors, and diplomats have visited IIASA over 175 times, while IIASA scientists have visited Finland over 100 times.

NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION Finnish Committee for IIASA (appointed by the Academy of Finland): Professor Heikki Mannila, President, Academy of Finland (Chair) Dr. Sari Löytökorpi, General Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office (Vice-Chair) Dr. Seija Ilmakunnas, Director, Labour Institute for Economic Research Professor Markku Kanninen, Director, Viikki Tropical Resources Institute, University of Helsinki Dr. Markku Karlsson, expert from forest industry Professor Liisa Laakso, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki Professor Seppo Rekolainen, Director, Fresh Water Centre, Finnish Environment Institute Professor Sanna Syri, Department of Energy Technology, University of Aalto Professor Jyrki Wallenius, Department of Information and Service Economy, University of Aalto Professor Mats Gyllenberg, University of Helsinki, represents the Finnish Committee for IIASA at IIASA’s Council Ms Tiina Forsman, Science Advisor at the Academy of Finland is the NMO Secretary for Finland

SOME LEADING PERSONALITIES IN FINLAND AND ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA Jorma J. Ollila Tarja Halonen Lea Kauppi Hannu Halinen Juha Kämäri Markku Kulmala

RESEARCH PARTNERS 34 institutions in Finland, including: Academy of Finland Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES) Ministry of Defence Ministry of Employment and the Economy Population Research Institute Prime Minister’s Office Universities of Aalto, of Eastern Finland, of Helsinki, of Jyväskylä VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS Selected Highlights: Black carbon and the Arctic Seven shocks and Finland Biodiesel plants in Finland Projecting changing population in Finland

BLACK CARBON AND THE ARCTIC Stohl A, Klimont Z, Eckhardt S, Kupiainen K, Shevchenko VP, Kopeikin VM & Novigatsky AN (2013) Black carbon in the Arctic: the underestimated role of gas flaring and residential combustion emissions. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics 13:

SEVEN SHOCKS AND FINLAND Low probability but high impact events

SEVEN SHOCKS AND FINLAND Prioritizing policies that maximize resilience Casti JL & Ilmola L (2012). 7 Shocks and Finland. Project Report, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

OPTIMAL LOCATION FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN FINLAND Uses IIASA’s BeWhere model to identify best location by minimizing the cost of the complete supply chain. Natarajan K, Leduc S, Pelkonen P, Tomppo E & Dotzauer E (2014). Optimal locations for second generation Fischer Tropsch biodiesel production in Finland. Renewable Energy, 62:

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLAND To update with Finland

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLAND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLAND To update with Finland

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN FINLAND STALLED DEVELOPMENT

CAPACITY BUILDING 14 doctoral students from Finland have won places on IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program since 2008.

Southern-African Young Scientist Summer Program: (SA-YSSP) Erkka Rinne (SA-YSSP ’13/14 & VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) developed a model to explore cost- effective ways to store energy for later use in a large-scale energy system that has variable energy generation. CAPACITY BUILDING

FURTHER INFORMATION IIASA Academy of Finland