The Council of Finnish Academies
The Council of Finnish Academies is a cooperative body for the four science academies in Finland (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Finnish Academy of Technical Sciences and The Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences).
We serve as a link and a broker between the national and global science community by representing Finland in international science organizations and allocating state subsidies to National Committees for international cooperation.
International collaboration
Collaboration with international science organizations is the cornerstone of the Council’s activities. We serve as a link and a broker between the national and global science community by representing Finland in international science organizations.
News
The risk of wildfires is increasing at an alarming rate in Europe, prompting experts to call for urgent action. The European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) is urging the EU to fundamentally change its wildfire policy: from reactive fire suppression to proactive, risk-based land management. Already today, wildfires burn an average of half a million hectares annually in the EU – nearly twice the size of Luxembourg.
EASAC’s report Changing Wildfires in Europe highlights the complex factors driving the surge in wildfire risk. These include climate change, rural depopulation, and land-use changes. Droughts and declining summer precipitation are predicted to double fire risk by 2100. Meanwhile, the abandonment of farmland and unchecked vegetation growth have created vast areas of highly flammable biomass across Europe.