Many of Tuesday morning's papers carry reaction to the publication on Monday of a landmark climate change report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
In one of a series of articles tackling the subject, Helsingin Sanomat interviews Finland's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Krista Mikkonen (Green) as she calls for global unity in the fight against climate change.
"I think the important message from the climate report was that things are in our own hands. We can still prevent global warming from reaching over 1.5 degrees," Mikkonen tells HS, adding that she sees not just the threat posed by climate change, but opportunities for Finland and Finnish expertise as well.
"Our pioneering position gives our companies a great opportunity to export their solutions around the world. Through the fight against climate change, we will be able to bring labour and export income into Finland," Mikkonen tells HS.
HS also takes to the streets -- or more specifically to Helsinki's Market Square -- to hear what Helsinkians thought of the report's findings. While many call for clear guidelines for making climate-friendly lifestyle choices, Helsinki resident Ilkka Hietala references the coronavirus pandemic as an example of how decision-makers can take decisive action and people can adapt to changing circumstances for the greater good.
"If people are treated properly and information is given to them, then they will start working," Hietala believes. "But people need to be treated equally and trusted to have brains."
Lengthy queues as vaccine rollout extends to young teens
Jyväskylä-based Keskisuomalainen reports of hours-long queues at a pop-up vaccination centre in the city on Monday as "eager" young people took up the opportunity to receive the Covid jab.
From Monday, Finland began offering vaccines to the 12-15-year-old age group, with decisions about whether or not to get the jab left up to the kids themselves.
"We came here a little before 8am. I thought we would be in good time but many others had apparently thought the same and there was already a queue," said Jyväskylä resident Tuomas Mäkynen, who had brought both his son and his daughter to the vaccination centre.
By 10am, they were still waiting, such was the congestion, with Chief Physician Johanna Tuukkanen telling KSML that about 500 young people had been vaccinated by Monday afternoon.
"Such enthusiasm is a pleasant surprise," Tuukkanen said. "We hope that it will continue into the future."
That enthusiasm was clearly evident in 13-year-old Onni Auvinen, who received his first dose of the vaccine at the pop-up centre on Monday.
"I am taking the vaccine to stop the coronavirus from spreading. I believe in the safety of vaccines for young people as well. The earlier you get the vaccine, the faster the protection against the virus will develop," he told KSML.
Moomin mayhem
Tabloid Iltalehti reports on queues of a very different kind on Monday as Finnish ceramics and design company Arabia released a limited edition Moomin mug to coincide with creator Tove Jansson's birthday, an official flag day in Finland.
Arabia's PR and communications manager Mirka Paasikangas told Iltalehti that the mugs became available on two online stores, Moomin.com and Arabia's own online store, at midnight and were completely sold out 25 minutes later.
Moomin mugs are a highly sought after collectible in Finland, and the frenzy then moved from the online space to the offline, with Iltalehti reporting that queues formed outside stores in cities such as Järvenpää, Vaasa and Jyväskylä before doors had even opened.
Top of the queue outside the Citymarket in Palokka was Katariina Jouhiaho.
"I started queuing before 6am. This new Moomin mug is a rarity and a collectible," Jouhiaho told IL.
Such is their popularity, purchases were limited to six mugs per customer, but this amount led to widespread criticism on social media as some unscrupulous buyers were apparently selling their excess mugs for highly-inflated prices.
Iltalehti wrote that soon after the Moomin-approved online stores ran out of stock, some mugs began appearing on online marketplaces with an average asking price of 60 euros, and one seller even setting the starting price at 250 euros.
The original price of each mug is 29.90 euros.
It could be noted that the stress involved in trying to acquire one of these collectibles is -- somewhat ironically -- in sharp contrast to the idyllic scene illustrated on the mug itself of Moomintroll and Moominmamma sitting on a bridge waiting patiently for Snufkin’s return.