Neste and the University of Helsinki have agreed on a five-year cooperation to support the work of the new CoastClim research center (Centre for Coastal Ecosystem and Climate Change Research). CoastClim is a new research center of University of Helsinki that is carrying out groundbreaking research on the link between the state of the seas and climate change.

Combating climate change is at the heart of both CoastClim’s activities and Neste’s strategy. Supporting the research center will provide new opportunities for Neste to promote sustainable development.

“Neste’s research and innovation work provides wide-ranging support for changes in the business and technological development, and it is key to finding new growth platforms for renewable and circular economy solutions. Tackling climate change will require comprehensive research and large-scale cooperation between various companies and organizations. We are pleased to be able to contribute to the achievement of our common goals through this collaboration,” says Lars Peter Lindfors, Senior Vice President, Innovation at Neste.

“We are delighted that more and more actors are getting involved in creating a framework for climate research. A research center of this scale and the accumulation of new knowledge cannot come about without broad support. The collaboration with Neste will enable meaningful basic research over the next five years and produce ground-breaking new data on the role of coastal habitats in mitigating climate change,” says Alf Norkko, Professor of Baltic Sea studies at the University of Helsinki.

The new multidisciplinary CoastClim center for coastal ecosystem and climate change research started operations in 2021. It is a collaborative project between the University of Helsinki and Stockholm University.