Professional Finnish explorer and award-winning keynote speaker

Pata’s purpose is fueled by witnessing the impact of climate change firsthand and realizing that we need urgent collective action to protect our planet.

With each expedition, Pata returns to Finland armed with firsthand accounts and photographs of melting glaciers and shrinking wildlife habitats in the world’s most vulnerable regions. Shaken by the rapid changes, Pata has spent the past 23 years delivering keynote speeches to businesses and schools throughout Finland. He shares his stories, images, and strategies with humor and passion, raising awareness of the growing climate crisis and inspiring a new generation of environmental keepers.

Pata’s long-term mission begins today and is renewed every day with a commitment to our planet, to conserving our wildlife, land, and water; advocating for the environment; and inspiring others to act with a global mindset. We ask our communities to take simple steps towards a cleaner future each day. With measured, local approaches we hope to benefit our planet on an enormous scale in support of the UN’s SDG 13: to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact.

As he embarks on his greatest expedition yet, Pata challenges you to follow his journey, take ownership of our impact on the Earth, and join the environmental movement as we trek towards stirring 100 million people into climate action.