Henna Haapala
Senior Ministerial Adviser at Ympäristöministeriö - Miljöministeriet - Ministry of the Environment of Finland
Fino Mornasco, Lombardy, Finland
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Top SchoolHenna Haapala is a seasoned environmental policy specialist with over 25 years' experience in international cooperation, focused on Arctic and northern region issues and environmental collaboration with Ukraine. She has served long-term at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, acted as a seconded national expert in the European Commission’s Ukraine Service (DG ENEST) in 2024–2025, and represented Finland in UN biodiversity negotiations including the 2022 Nature Summit. Skilled at leading international working groups and managing cross-border projects and events, she combines policy negotiation experience with hands-on implementation. Her academic background (M.Soc.Sc. in International Relations and Environmental Politics) and knowledge of Russian underpin her practical diplomacy in complex multilateral settings. An understated strength is her track record of sustaining long-term institutional relationships across Nordic, EU and UN arenas, enabling pragmatic progress on sensitive environmental issues.
8 years of coding experience
Master's degree, International Relations, Master's degree, International Relations at University of Tampere
English, Russian, Swedish, SpanishProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hennahaa/loppuprojekti
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:103 commits, 50 pushes, 5 branches in 27 days
hennahaa/academy-project-1
Nov 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 branches in 2 days
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