Research programme on climate change FICCA

FICCA-programme | Objectives | Themes | Cooperation

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