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Climate conference. Elections. Child protection. Weather forecast.
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UN Climate Conference
First, news about the climate conference.
President Alexander Stubb has spoken at the UN climate conference.
Stubb gave Finland’s speech on Thursday evening.
Stubb said the world is at an important juncture. Stubb warned that the 1.5 degree climate goal may no longer be achievable.
President Alexander Stubb has spoken at the UN climate conference.
Stubb said that all countries need to quickly phase out fossil fuels.
He said that climate work also brings economic opportunities.
The UN climate conference negotiations begin next week.
Election cloud service
Now the news about the elections.
Finnish election information systems are being transferred abroad.
The voter register and candidate registers will be transferred to a foreign cloud service.
Election results information will also be transferred there.
The system is located in Sweden and is owned by the American company Amazon Web Services.
The reform will be introduced in the next parliamentary elections in 2027.
Finnish election information systems are being transferred abroad.
The reason is money. Election Director Arto Jääskeläinen says that the cloud service saves money.
Information security researcher Harri Hursti is concerned about the change.
He says that it is not a good idea to store data abroad.
Hursti says that elections are not the right place to save money.
Child protection
Finally, news about child protection.
The need for foster care is growing in Finland.
This is according to the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.
Researchers have noticed that there are more children in foster care than before.
For example, in Central Finland there are 25 children in high-level child welfare institutions. Last year there were 10 children.
The need for foster care is growing in Finland.
Reasons for foster care include, for example, the child’s mental health problems, substance abuse problems, or crimes.
It is possible that general rush or, for example, the war in Ukraine are increasing children’s nausea.
Saturday weather
Still a weather forecast.
On Saturday, it will be cloudy almost throughout the country.
The sun only shines in Central and Northern Lapland.
There may be some rain in the south and west.
It’s freezing in the north.
It’s still warm in the south.