Speaker Information
- Director General at Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Kimmo Tiilikainen has been working as since beginning of June 2021. Previously he acted as a Member of Parliament 2003-2019 and during those years held several ministerial positions for five years. He was State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Finance 2019-2021.
Combining environment and economy is one of his guidelines, key elements being sustainability and circular economy. Kimmo Tiilikainen has worked towards these goals internationally. He was one of the EU’s Ministerial Negotiators of the Paris Agreement and signed it on behalf of Finland in 2016. He was one of the facilitators in UNFCCC COP 24 when Paris Rule Book was finalized in Katowice 2018.
As a Minister of Energy in Finland, he implemented Finnish climate policy by promoting both renewable energy as well as coal ban. Tiilikainen has also acted as Vice President of United Nations Environment Assembly 4 (UNEA4) 2017 – 2019. Since 2022 Kimmo Tiilikainen has been a member of World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council. Since 2024 he is also a member of Executive Committee of EuroGeoSurveys. In 2024 he was chairing the Steering Group updating Mineral Strategy of Finland.