{"id":387728,"date":"2022-07-21T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=387728"},"modified":"2022-07-21T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T04:30:00","slug":"finland-combats-emissions-by-treating-crops-with-gypsum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/finland-combats-emissions-by-treating-crops-with-gypsum\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland combats emissions by treating crops with gypsum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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More about Finland<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

About Decarbonizing Europe<\/h2><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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What does the Recovery and Resilience Facility entail?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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The European Commission has made available an amount of 723.8 billion euros
to combat the consequences of the corona crisis and make Europe greener, cleaner, and future-proof. All member states have the opportunity to submit plans for disbursement from this Recovery and Resilience Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is participating in the Recovery and Resilience Facility?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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All the member states of the European Union. All member states? No, The Netherlands has not submitted plans as yet. Although, it became public knowledge at the end of January that hard work is going on behind the scenes in the Netherlands to secure some of those European billions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What do the member states have to spend the money on?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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At least 37 percent of the funding should be used for making their countries more sustainable and 20 percent for digitalization. In addition, there are also other key points:
\u2013 Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
\u2013 Social and territorial cohesion
\u2013 Public health, economic, social, and institutional resilience
\u2013 Policy for future generations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What else is happening?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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Apart from that, the EC has identified several so-called flagship areas<\/a>:
\u2013 Power up<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Renovate<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Recharge and Refuel<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Connect<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Modernise <\/em>
\u2013<\/em> Scale-up<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Reskill and upskill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is Innovation Origins planning to do?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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Over the next few months, we will be focusing on the implementation of these plans. We will be outlining what each country is doing to reduce CO\u2082 emissions, and we will be reporting on innovative projects. Infographics will allow you to compare the member states\u2019 efforts with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What should be done with the excess gypsum that is produced as a by-product of processes in the chemical industry? People did not know what to do with it for a long time, but Finland has come up with a solution and is planning to treat hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land with gypsum over the next few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“By doing this, we are preventing the leakage of nutrients into waterways and at the same time tackling greenhouse gas emissions,” says Petri Ekholm, a scientist working at the Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE<\/a>). Finland\u2019s recovery and resilience plan <\/a>(RRP) is now allocating twenty million euros for innovation in agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Recycling phosphorus from sewage sludge – a trade-off between the environment and the economy – Innovation Origins<\/div>
Viennese researchers want to establish a circular economy for the phosphate industry by recovering phosphorus from sewage sludge.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Massive pollution<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For our food production, phosphate<\/em>, a mineral used to fertilize soil, is indispensable. But its distribution across the country does come with one major drawback. The leakage of phosphate into waterways located near agricultural land is responsible for a tremendous amount of pollution. With all its implications, including fish mortality and toxic algae blooms<\/a>. With its gypsum treatment, Finland wants to prevent phosphate from leaking into the Baltic Sea, among other things. Finland’s agricultural plans also need to contribute to achieving Finland’s ambitious climate target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as outlined in the RRP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n