Research programme on climate change FICCA

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The Finnish Research Programme on Climate Change (FICCA, 2011–2014) is launched to respond to the scientific challenges posed by climate change on a broad front. One of the principles underlying the FICCA programme is to support the type of multidisciplinary research that addresses the social and environmental spheres side by side – the objective being a systemic approach to research problems.
The primary objectives of the research programme are to:

generate knowledge of climate change – its effects and management
promote multidisciplinary expertise and research environments in order to intensify research into climate change and achieve synergy benefits
serve Finnish society by combining the global and local perspectives

The funded research projects cover several different research fields: Geosciences; Environmental policy; Economics and law; Other research into the environment and natural resources; Ecology, evolution and systematic; Environmental technology; Ecotoxicology; Geography; Law; Physics; Sociology, social psychology, social work; Anthropology, ethnology, folklore, comparative religion; Forest sciences; and Construction and municipal engineering.