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Why Finland is the greenest country in the world |
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Finland was known to the world as the country which made Nokia phones and as the country that had the best education system in the world. But the nation kept on surprising the world as it became the ?greenest? country this year. Every year, Yale University ranks all the top performing nations on the basis of their environment on factors such as how well the nations are protecting their ecosystems and human health. The Environmental Performance Index also known as EPI, ranks the nations on the basis of the scores. This year, all top 5 nations are from Europe with Finland ranking in the top position followed by Iceland, Sweden, Denmark and Slovenia. Finland stood as the number one nation in this index because of its government?s and local community?s commitment in the 9 areas: climate, forest, water, sanitation, energy, biodiversity, air quality and health impacts. The government has implemented several local campaigns and citizen initiatives which strongly reflects the nation?s desire to become a carbon neutral country by the year 2050. The ambitious government has developed goals which are measureable and actionable in terms of sustainability as per the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Even the national education system set by the Finnish government helps to nurture the children as sustainable future leaders as energy conservation, water conservation and environmental leadership are instilled through assignments and coursework. Thus we can conclude that the Finnish government has set the right goals, right education policy and the right citizen engagement programs required to maximize environmental preservation and minimize harm to the environment. Such a commitment has made it the greenest nation of the world. |
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14 Comments
Thanks Xilola
Posted 19-11-2016 16:34
Thanks heonjun
Posted 19-11-2016 16:33
You are right actually. Great to hear your thoughts
Posted 26-10-2016 01:41
Thanks for posting Syed! I also think there could be more to be supplemented, and it would turn out to be even better! Thanks for sharing your time for this anyway :D
Posted 24-10-2016 19:38
Thank you Arushi :)
Posted 20-10-2016 16:59
Thanks Peter
Posted 20-10-2016 16:58
Thank you Joshua :)
Posted 20-10-2016 16:58
Thanks Ferth :)
Posted 20-10-2016 16:58
Thank you Wabai
Posted 20-10-2016 16:58
Glad to know about Finland's positive strategies to develop greener communities. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 19-10-2016 03:41
Good example Finland and other top five countries hope the world will follow you!!!Thanks for sharing Syed Ahmad Nafisul Abrar
Posted 18-10-2016 21:12
Nice to read about this. Very inspiring but probably more details
Posted 18-10-2016 17:38
Very informative! Developing countries have a lot to learn from Scandinavian states in terms of sustainable economic development measures and strategies!
Posted 18-10-2016 16:54
Good reporting, Syed. I do, however, wish that the report was a little bit longer and more informative.
Posted 18-10-2016 15:38