Aarne Granlund
@aarnegranlund.bsky.social
Sufficiency, climate action, and river restoration in the Finnish Northeast. I fly fish, hike, and ski. Open for work.
Equal societies are better for all. 🤠🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦🏳️🌈🌲🐟
Medium: https://aarnegranlund.medium.com/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aarnegranlund
Equal societies are better for all. 🤠🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦🏳️🌈🌲🐟
Medium: https://aarnegranlund.medium.com/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aarnegranlund
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What's happening to Finland's lakes and rivers? Urgent action needed to protect declining species, researchers say
More than half of underwater species have become rarer in some inland waters, say researchers at the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) – who lay out recommendations to reverse the trend.
yle.fi
"In areas with intensive land use, negative impacts are clearly visible. For example, in small streams affected by forestry, more than 50 percent of common species have declined," Syke researcher Anna Suuronen tells Yle News.
#Biodiversity
yle.fi/a/74-20191697
#Biodiversity
yle.fi/a/74-20191697
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“We recognise that now is not the time to run down the clock, but up the pace. With a little will and imagination – we can overcome the cynicism. We can overcome the opposition; vested interests; and misinformation.
- @london.gov.uk
- @london.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
“We recognise that now is not the time to run down the clock, but up the pace. With a little will and imagination – we can overcome the cynicism. We can overcome the opposition; vested interests; and misinformation.
- @london.gov.uk
- @london.gov.uk
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Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million is reasonable - that's why 75% of the public support it along with 80% of millionaires.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million is reasonable - that's why 75% of the public support it along with 80% of millionaires.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
Fatbikes are great for winter riding, by the way. No studs required from my experience.
I could check out some of the 200 kilometres of trails in my town and the Joensuu area this weekend, neat lean-tos there.
#MTB #Outdoors #NorthKarelia
I could check out some of the 200 kilometres of trails in my town and the Joensuu area this weekend, neat lean-tos there.
#MTB #Outdoors #NorthKarelia
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Fatbikes are great for winter riding, by the way. No studs required from my experience.
I could check out some of the 200 kilometres of trails in my town and the Joensuu area this weekend, neat lean-tos there.
#MTB #Outdoors #NorthKarelia
I could check out some of the 200 kilometres of trails in my town and the Joensuu area this weekend, neat lean-tos there.
#MTB #Outdoors #NorthKarelia
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"The city encourages cycling by clearing the paths every day during the winter, using a fleet of heavy-duty snow ploughs. One of the most impactful changes is also one of the simplest: clear the roads of snow only when the cycle paths are done."
#ActiveMobility
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
#ActiveMobility
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How Oulu became the winter cycling capital of the world
Through a series of simple changes, the city of Oulu encourages its residents to cycle through the snowy winter. What can other cities learn from the pioneer of winter cycling?
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"The city encourages cycling by clearing the paths every day during the winter, using a fleet of heavy-duty snow ploughs. One of the most impactful changes is also one of the simplest: clear the roads of snow only when the cycle paths are done."
#ActiveMobility
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
#ActiveMobility
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Oh my, 2700 € for an #eMTB with 170+ km of range with the newest Bosch motor. This bike would pay for itself by reducing my oil consumption by half over 24 months (-100 € per month).
Damn winter, otherwise I'd buy it today
www.canyon.com/en-fi/electr...
Damn winter, otherwise I'd buy it today
www.canyon.com/en-fi/electr...
Grand Canyon:ON AL 8
Electrify your big trail tours and quick after-work blasts with this poweful, capable trail-ready e-hardtail. With the latest, greatest Bosch motor, dropper post and massive maximum 170 km+ range, th...
www.canyon.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Oh my, 2700 € for an #eMTB with 170+ km of range with the newest Bosch motor. This bike would pay for itself by reducing my oil consumption by half over 24 months (-100 € per month).
Damn winter, otherwise I'd buy it today
www.canyon.com/en-fi/electr...
Damn winter, otherwise I'd buy it today
www.canyon.com/en-fi/electr...
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China's new climate targets made it clear that policymakers are still leaving the door open to a rebound in emissions in the next few years, despite a recent falling trend and clean energy growth rates that will keep emissions falling if sustained.
🇨🇳 NEW | Experts think #China can exceed its new 2035 #NDCs, but are less certain about short-term #emissions cuts
Full China Climate Transition Outlook 2025 survey:
energyandcleanair.org/publication/chinas-climate-transition-outlook-2025-expert-survey/
w/ @belindaschaepe.bsky.social; Xunpeng Shi
Full China Climate Transition Outlook 2025 survey:
energyandcleanair.org/publication/chinas-climate-transition-outlook-2025-expert-survey/
w/ @belindaschaepe.bsky.social; Xunpeng Shi
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
China's new climate targets made it clear that policymakers are still leaving the door open to a rebound in emissions in the next few years, despite a recent falling trend and clean energy growth rates that will keep emissions falling if sustained.
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File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B****
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive 'burp.'
Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
grist.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B****
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
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Imagine if the 'other transport' and buses, 2-3 wheelers segment would be as large as the car segment. We'd be moving a lot more people cleanly and efficiently.
Electrification could now reach 75% of all energy demand, as the road-transport and heating sectors rapidly electrify 🔥🚗
These two sectors account for 50% of global energy use and are now ready to switch from fossil molecules to clean electrons.
https://loom.ly/BwyhReA
These two sectors account for 50% of global energy use and are now ready to switch from fossil molecules to clean electrons.
https://loom.ly/BwyhReA
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Imagine if the 'other transport' and buses, 2-3 wheelers segment would be as large as the car segment. We'd be moving a lot more people cleanly and efficiently.
"Consumption has risen fairly steadily overall, with notable drops following the oil price shocks and supply or demand disruptions of 1974, 1979, 2008, and 2020."
#Oil consumption is increasing in the U.S.
afdc.energy.gov/data/10324
#Oil consumption is increasing in the U.S.
afdc.energy.gov/data/10324
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"Consumption has risen fairly steadily overall, with notable drops following the oil price shocks and supply or demand disruptions of 1974, 1979, 2008, and 2020."
#Oil consumption is increasing in the U.S.
afdc.energy.gov/data/10324
#Oil consumption is increasing in the U.S.
afdc.energy.gov/data/10324
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During the Great Recession (2008-09) UK GDP fell by 6%. Thankfully, it mostly recovered after 5 years.
Since Brexit referendum (2016) UK GDP has fallen between 6% and 8%. Unclear whether and when it will fully recover.
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
Since Brexit referendum (2016) UK GDP has fallen between 6% and 8%. Unclear whether and when it will fully recover.
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
During the Great Recession (2008-09) UK GDP fell by 6%. Thankfully, it mostly recovered after 5 years.
Since Brexit referendum (2016) UK GDP has fallen between 6% and 8%. Unclear whether and when it will fully recover.
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
Since Brexit referendum (2016) UK GDP has fallen between 6% and 8%. Unclear whether and when it will fully recover.
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
"So, with carbon dioxide emissions still rising even after 29 of these meetings - which are, after all, aimed at bringing them down - will more COPs make any difference?"
The Paris Agreement is useful for the mitigation targets, but I don't see benefits in attending the conferences.
#COP30
The Paris Agreement is useful for the mitigation targets, but I don't see benefits in attending the conferences.
#COP30
Do UN climate talks have a point any more?
The US president is notably absent from these UN climate talks, as are other world leaders, all of which prompts questions about the purpose of COP today.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"So, with carbon dioxide emissions still rising even after 29 of these meetings - which are, after all, aimed at bringing them down - will more COPs make any difference?"
The Paris Agreement is useful for the mitigation targets, but I don't see benefits in attending the conferences.
#COP30
The Paris Agreement is useful for the mitigation targets, but I don't see benefits in attending the conferences.
#COP30
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Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
It's no joke that biking is easier in the winter if the maintenance of dedicated lanes is prioritized over the roads in the morning.
You have to heat the car, scrape the snow and ice and the visibility is still often poor. The best conditions to ride a bike are below -10°C when snow is compact.
You have to heat the car, scrape the snow and ice and the visibility is still often poor. The best conditions to ride a bike are below -10°C when snow is compact.
Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It's no joke that biking is easier in the winter if the maintenance of dedicated lanes is prioritized over the roads in the morning.
You have to heat the car, scrape the snow and ice and the visibility is still often poor. The best conditions to ride a bike are below -10°C when snow is compact.
You have to heat the car, scrape the snow and ice and the visibility is still often poor. The best conditions to ride a bike are below -10°C when snow is compact.
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"Moni noro tai puro on vuosien saatossa joutunut jollain lailla ihmisen toimien kohteeksi. Ihaksin ja Halmeen mukaan vesilaki pitäisi uudistaa niin, että noro olisi aina jollain tavalla turvattu riippumatta sen tilasta."
yle.fi/a/74-20192053
yle.fi/a/74-20192053
Asiantuntijoiden mukaan vesilakia rikotaan tämän tästä, mutta poliisille tapaukset päätyvät vain harvoin
Vesilain valvonta on usein kansalaisten vinkkien varassa. Ylen haastattelemien asiantuntijoiden mukaan viranomaisilla ei ole resursseja valvoa lain noudattamista.
yle.fi
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Moni noro tai puro on vuosien saatossa joutunut jollain lailla ihmisen toimien kohteeksi. Ihaksin ja Halmeen mukaan vesilaki pitäisi uudistaa niin, että noro olisi aina jollain tavalla turvattu riippumatta sen tilasta."
yle.fi/a/74-20192053
yle.fi/a/74-20192053
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Drax received logs from cutblocks in BC containing 90% old growth forest, a Canadian investigation found.
So it’s receiving £2m a day in UK green energy subsidies to burn old growth forest 🤔 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
So it’s receiving £2m a day in UK green energy subsidies to burn old growth forest 🤔 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Drax received logs from cutblocks in BC containing 90% old growth forest, a Canadian investigation found.
So it’s receiving £2m a day in UK green energy subsidies to burn old growth forest 🤔 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
So it’s receiving £2m a day in UK green energy subsidies to burn old growth forest 🤔 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The IPBES #TransformativeChange Report identifies causes of biodiversity loss and nature’s decline, and presents strategies to accelerate transformative change for a just and sustainable world.
Learn more in this IPBES video with subtitles in English, French & Spanish: https://youtu.be/xaJpECmo6Yk
Learn more in this IPBES video with subtitles in English, French & Spanish: https://youtu.be/xaJpECmo6Yk
IPBES Transformative Change Assessment - Strategies and actions
The IPBES Transformative Change Assessment identifies a range of strategies and actions that can drive the systemic shifts needed for a sustainable future. F...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The IPBES #TransformativeChange Report identifies causes of biodiversity loss and nature’s decline, and presents strategies to accelerate transformative change for a just and sustainable world.
Learn more in this IPBES video with subtitles in English, French & Spanish: https://youtu.be/xaJpECmo6Yk
Learn more in this IPBES video with subtitles in English, French & Spanish: https://youtu.be/xaJpECmo6Yk
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The City of Vienna provides mobile bicycle racks available for temporary rental at events. An efficient and well-organized service that supports sustainable mobility and encourages cycling-friendly event management. 👏
Und ich geb‘s zu, ich find diese mobilen Fahrradständer der #MA48 wirklich großartig - aber nächstes Jahr braucht‘s vielleicht zwei oder drei davon…
Sehr viele Räder übrigens mit #KidicalMass Wimpeln!
👀
@radelnforfuture.at @kidicalmass.bsky.social
www.wien.gv.at/wirtschaft/m...
Sehr viele Räder übrigens mit #KidicalMass Wimpeln!
👀
@radelnforfuture.at @kidicalmass.bsky.social
www.wien.gv.at/wirtschaft/m...
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The City of Vienna provides mobile bicycle racks available for temporary rental at events. An efficient and well-organized service that supports sustainable mobility and encourages cycling-friendly event management. 👏
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As we approach the 30th United Nations Climate Change conference, @dialoguescc.bsky.social asked @glenpeters.bsky.social: is limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C still possible? journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
As we approach the 30th United Nations Climate Change conference, @dialoguescc.bsky.social asked @glenpeters.bsky.social: is limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C still possible? journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
File it under sentimental #Midlife nonsense, but I found old skiing pictures from Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. I've been skiing for 35 years, which is ten years more than I've been fly fishing properly.
Perhaps a wee freeride and forest skiing trip to Pallas would be in order next March.
Perhaps a wee freeride and forest skiing trip to Pallas would be in order next March.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
File it under sentimental #Midlife nonsense, but I found old skiing pictures from Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. I've been skiing for 35 years, which is ten years more than I've been fly fishing properly.
Perhaps a wee freeride and forest skiing trip to Pallas would be in order next March.
Perhaps a wee freeride and forest skiing trip to Pallas would be in order next March.
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Sweden just proved that watching Den stora älgvandringen (a slow tv show broadcast every spring of the moose migration) is good for you.
So if anyone asks why your watching Finnish puppies, is for the sake of your health.
www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
So if anyone asks why your watching Finnish puppies, is for the sake of your health.
www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
Ny studie: Älgvandringen lugnar själen och stärker kontakt med naturen
Slow tv-succén Den stora älgvandringen skapar lugn, återhämtning och känslomässig närhet till det vilda – trots att det är en digital naturupplevelse. Det visar ny forskning från SLU. – Det är som ett...
www.svt.se
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Sweden just proved that watching Den stora älgvandringen (a slow tv show broadcast every spring of the moose migration) is good for you.
So if anyone asks why your watching Finnish puppies, is for the sake of your health.
www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
So if anyone asks why your watching Finnish puppies, is for the sake of your health.
www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
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This is why the north of Finland will always* be superior to the South. Helsinki? Grey, dark, slush, supercooled rain. Oulu? Shining winter wonderland, and snow you can ski on.
* Admitted, "always" is unfortunately proving to have a short shelf life due to climate change.
* Admitted, "always" is unfortunately proving to have a short shelf life due to climate change.
Yeah, it is mostly just desperate humour!
TBH I don't mind the real cold that much; that is to a large extent a question of clothes. Although every year I do wonder why my ancestors had to move to a place where the very air hurts you.
It's the rain, sleet and the darkness that really bug me.
TBH I don't mind the real cold that much; that is to a large extent a question of clothes. Although every year I do wonder why my ancestors had to move to a place where the very air hurts you.
It's the rain, sleet and the darkness that really bug me.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This is why the north of Finland will always* be superior to the South. Helsinki? Grey, dark, slush, supercooled rain. Oulu? Shining winter wonderland, and snow you can ski on.
* Admitted, "always" is unfortunately proving to have a short shelf life due to climate change.
* Admitted, "always" is unfortunately proving to have a short shelf life due to climate change.
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AFP’s Gints Ivuskans photographs protesters rallying in Riga against Latvia's bid to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty combating violence against women.
On October 31, parliament voted to withdraw from the treaty but just days later shelved discussion on the matter for a year
On October 31, parliament voted to withdraw from the treaty but just days later shelved discussion on the matter for a year
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
AFP’s Gints Ivuskans photographs protesters rallying in Riga against Latvia's bid to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty combating violence against women.
On October 31, parliament voted to withdraw from the treaty but just days later shelved discussion on the matter for a year
On October 31, parliament voted to withdraw from the treaty but just days later shelved discussion on the matter for a year
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Wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive across Europe, driven by climate change, urban expansion and land abandonment. Every year an area the size of Mallorca burns, threatening lives and forests.
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive across Europe, driven by climate change, urban expansion and land abandonment. Every year an area the size of Mallorca burns, threatening lives and forests.