Study title

Weather and Climate Risk Management in Finnish Organisations 2015

Dataset ID Number

FSD3105

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3105
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3105

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Gregow, Hilppa (Finnish Meteorological Institute. Climate Service Centre)
• Haavisto, Riina (Finnish Meteorological Institute. Climate Service Centre)
• Harjanne, Atte (Finnish Meteorological Institute. Climate Service Centre)
• Luhtala, Sanna (Finnish Meteorological Institute. Climate Service Centre)
• Mäkelä, Antti (Finnish Meteorological Institute. Climate Service Centre)
• Tuomenvirta, Heikki (Finnish Meteorological Institute. Climate Service Centre)
• Halonen, Mikko (Gaia Consulting Oy)
• Raivio, Tuomas (Gaia Consulting Oy)
• Hildén, Mikael (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE))
• Jakkila, Juho (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE))
• Parjanne, Antti (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE))
• Peltonen-Sainio, Pirjo (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke))
• Kollanus, Virpi (National Institute for Health and Welfare)
• Lanki, Timo (National Institute for Health and Welfare)
• Miettinen, Ilkka (National Institute for Health and Welfare)
• Haanpää, Simo (University of Helsinki)
• Juhola, Sirkku (University of Helsinki)
• Jurgilevich, Alexandra (University of Helsinki)
• Räsänen, Aleksi (University of Helsinki)

Abstract

The study was part of the ELASTINEN project funded by the Prime Minister's Office Finland whose aim was to produce information and seek solutions to improve weather and climate risk management. The survey was conducted by a reasearch consortium consisting of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, University of Helsinki, Finnish Environment Institute, Natural Resources Institute Finland, National Institute for Health and Welfare, and Gaia Consulting. The survey charted the effects of weather and climate on the activities and risk management of Finnish organisations. The study surveyed sources of weather and climate information and views on the usefulness of these sources in risk management. A further topic under study was improvement of weather and climate risk prevention and preparedness.

Significance of different weather conditions and phenomena in the activities of the organisation were charted (e.g. severe weather phenomena occurring in Finland) as well as potential positive impacts of climate change on the organisation and the most significant harmful weather phenomena for the organisation.

With regard to management of weather and climate risks, the respondents were asked how these risks were managed in the organisation's activities, who was responsible for managing these risks in the organisation, what the most important motivators for managing the risks were, how big the risks were in the organisation compared to other risks, and whether the organisation had experienced a realisation of some weather or climate risk.

Use and awareness of different sources of weather and climate information were canvassed (e.g. long-term forecasts of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, climate change scenarios of the IPCC) as well as opinions on the usefulness of some sources of information in terms of climate risk management (e.g. scientific publications, social media, websites on weather and climate). The respondents were also asked whether their organisation collected data on the effects of exceptional weather phenomena and climate change on the organisation's activities and whether these data were available to outsiders.

Finally, relating to improvement of risk preparedness, the respondents were asked how significant they regarded different factors that hinder the management of climate risks (e.g. organisation's limited resources, lack or problems of technological solutions) and how significant different ways of improving weather and climate risk management were for the organisation.

Background variables included the type, field, and size of organisation, primary area of operations as well as the respondent's position and area of responsibility in the organisation, and work experience in the field.

Keywords

climate; climate change; disasters; environmental changes; environmental planning; organizations; risk; weather

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Business/industrial management and organisation (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Haavisto, Riina (Finnish Meteorological Institute. Climate Service Centre)
• Harjanne, Atte (Finnish Meteorological Institute. Climate Service Centre)

Data Producers

• Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Gaia Consulting Oy
• Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
• Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
• University of Helsinki

Time Period Covered

2015

Collection Dates

2015-11-30 – 2015-12-13

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Organization/Institution

Universe

Approximately 500 contact organisations of the research consortium

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The contacts of the research consortium, approximately 500 Finnish organisations. The survey was addressed to employees specialising in risk management in these organisations.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Open-ended responses to background variables q1, q6, q7 were removed from the data during archiving.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Gregow, Hilppa (Finnish Meteorological Institute) & Haavisto, Riina (Finnish Meteorological Institute) & Harjanne, Atte (Finnish Meteorological Institute) & Luhtala, Sanna (Finnish Meteorological Institute) & Mäkelä, Antti (Finnish Meteorological Institute) & Tuomenvirta, Heikki (Finnish Meteorological Institute) & Halonen, Mikko (Gaia Consulting Oy) & Raivio, Tuomas (Gaia Consulting Oy) & Hildén, Mikael (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)) & Jakkila, Juho (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)) & Parjanne, Antti (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)) & Peltonen-Sainio, Pirjo (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)) & Kollanus, Virpi (National Institute for Health and Welfare) & Lanki, Timo (National Institute for Health and Welfare) & Miettinen, Ilkka (National Institute for Health and Welfare) & Haanpää, Simo (University of Helsinki) & Juhola, Sirkku (University of Helsinki) & Jurgilevich, Alexandra (University of Helsinki) & Räsänen, Aleksi (University of Helsinki): Weather and Climate Risk Management in Finnish Organisations 2015 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2016-05-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3105

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

ELASTINEN project webpage

Related Materials

Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminta (2016). Sää- ja ilmastoriskien hallinta ja tietolähteet suomalaisissa organisaatioissa - ELASTINEN-hankkeen organisaatiokyselyn tulokset [verkkodokumentti]. http://ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/elastinen [viitattu 1.6.2016].

Related Publications

Sää- ja ilmastoriskien hallinta ja tietolähteet suomalaisissa organisaatioissa - ELASTINEN-hankkeen organisaatiokyselyn tulokset (2016) [verkkodokumentti]. Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminta. http://ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/elastinen [viitattu 1.6.2016].

Harjanne, Atte & Haavisto, Riina & Tuomenvirta, Heikki & Luhtala, Sanna & Mäkelä, Antti & Gregow, Hilppa & Halonen, Mikko & Raivio, Tuomas & Hildén, Mikael & Parjanne, Antti & Jakkila, Juho & Juhola, Sirkku & Räsänen, Aleksi & Haanpää, Simo & Jurgilevich, Alexandra & Peltonen-Sainio, Pirjo & Lanki, Timo & Miettinen, Ilkka & Zacheus, Outi & Kollanus, Virpi (2016). Sää- ja ilmastoriskien hallinta ja tietolähteet Suomessa. Helsinki: Ilmatieteen laitos. Raportteja 2016:6. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/168693

Timperi, Marika (2018) Climate risk evaluation in large Finnish organizations. Batchelor's thesis of Business Administration. Financial Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2018102938996.