Finland

Finland is a civil law country, thus the legal state does not experience an impact as much due to precedents and case law as in common law countries. With that said, there is case law on climate and environmental law in Finland, though not in the same extent as in some other countries. Also needed to say, that finnish case law's, in all areas not only in climate law, even precedents', analysis and explanations have been criticized of being too superficial and lacking real legal analysis. The analysis itself is usually fairly beneficial but it is lacking a lot of comparative analysis and explanation on why the court reached to the outcome they did and not on another.

Finland as a country, and a European Union member state, takes serious the climate challenges, and climate change we are facing today. The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra published a study Growth-Positive zero-emissions pathways to 2050 where they proved that the 1.5-degree target, defined in the Paris Agreement, is still possible to accomplish but for more, that stringent climate actions and economic growth are not mutually exclusive.

Available parties
According to the Finnish Environmental Protection Act § 186 defines the individuals or associations who may initiate the climate proceeding in Finland, including the party concerned, the municipality where the breech has occurred, and an authority protecting the public interest. Legal literature has although recognized that the party concerned may only initiate climate proceedings where the breech causes imminent and judicial impacts on the individual. Thus, in the Supreme Administrative Court decided on KHO 2013:187, that one of the applicants, A, application was insufficient when they weren't a sufferer of the environment hazard. The court argued as well that consequence based on private contracts, does not accomplish to a party of the litigation.