Finland pledges to become carbon neutral by 2035
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4GFHH)
New left-leaning government sets ambitious target as it plans major rise in public spending
Finland's new left-leaning coalition government has pledged to make the country carbon neutral by 2035 as part of a policy programme that includes a major increase in public spending on welfare and infrastructure.
The Social Democratic party leader, Antti Rinne, who formed the five-party alliance of centrist, leftist and Green parties after narrowly beating the nationalist Finns party in an election in April, said it was time to "invest in the future" after years of austerity.
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