Many Finnish newspapers carry reports or op-eds on the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, which begins in the Brazilian city of Belem on Monday.
The annual conferences are the only decision-making forum on climate change to include almost every country in the world.
Finland will be represented at COP30 by Climate Minister Sari Multala (NCP) as well as by President Alexander Stubb, although his US counterpart and golfing buddy Donald Trump will not attend — as Helsingin Sanomat notes in an opinion piece.
In an article headlined "Young people are right: a catastrophe lies ahead", HS writes that the US will not be sending any significant representation to the conference, at a time when "there are even more people who downplay the crisis and delay climate action".
Citing a recent UN report, HS notes that current national climate pledges put the world on track for a 2.5C rise in global temperatures by the end of this century, well above the projected goal of under 1.5C.
However, proposals put forward by the Climate Analytics Group — which include a radical increase in wind and solar energy and the rapid abandonment of fossil fuels — could, if implemented, see this trend reversed and get global warming under 1.5C by 2100.
As COP30 kicks off in Brazil, HS paraphrases French philosopher Albert Camus: we may not be able to save the world, but each of us can refuse to make it worse.
"Above all, we could learn to listen to our children. The world will be left to them and their descendants," the article concludes.
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Winter on its way
Weather is a recurring theme in Finland's newspapers on Monday morning, with tabloid Iltalehti warning its readers that the recently mild November conditions are about to take a wintry turn.
Temperatures will drop below zero across almost the entire country, IL writes, meaning many commuters will face icy roads.
"Now, if not before, it’s time to change to winter tyres even in the southernmost part of the country," IL quotes meteorologist Joonas Koskela as saying.
Although we can expect temperatures to rise again to about 5-10 degrees Celsius, at least in the south, the outlook becomes far more uncertain — or "interesting", to use Koskela's term — as the weekend approaches.
Temperatures could plunge to as low as -20 degrees in Finland's north, IL writes, while large parts of Lapland could see up to 20 centimetres of snowfall.
The snow showers could even reach parts of southern Finland, the paper adds.
Finland's growing 'hooligan' problem
The Veikkausliiga season — Finland's top tier of football — concluded on Sunday with the final round of fixtures.
KuPs had already secured this year's title after late goals in two different games last weekend gave them an unassailable lead at the top of the table.
This is the Kuopio side's eighth title and marks the first time they have ever clinched back-to-back championships.
But events on the pitch have been heavily overshadowed by the behaviour of so-called "fans" off it.
Ita-Sanomat is one of many outlets to report that Sunday's game between KuPs and HJK in Helsinki was interrupted for about an hour after a section of the home fans lit fireworks and flares, even throwing some onto the field of play.
Their intention, according to former Finnish international Mehmet Hetemaj, was to prevent KuPs from celebrating their title win on HJK's home turk.
"That’s my view. I don’t see any other purpose [for such behavior]", Hetemaj said.
In a separate article, IS also reports that HJK issued an unequivocal apology for the behaviour of a section of the club's fans, describing it as "completely unacceptable".
"The club takes the incident extremely seriously and will sanction those supporters responsible for disruptive behavior in the harshest possible way. Those guilty of disruptive behavior are not welcome at HJK match events," the club's statement said.
The issue of fans' behaviour at Finnish football games has been very much in the spotlight over the past few years, and especially this seaon, amid growing concerns about a "hooligan culture" developing around the sport.
