A toolkit to promote a systemic transformation towards sustainable development in Finland
Publication document
Publication type
Advisory report
Publication language
English
The Finnish Expert Panel on Sustainable Development has published recommendations that focus more closely on what these interlinkages mean in the Finnish context and what actions need to be taken in the six entry points:
- Human well-being and capabilities
- Sustainable and just economies
- Food systems and nutrition patterns
- Energy decarbonization and universal access
- Urban and peri-urban development
- Global environmental commons
Furthermore, the panel identified the following steps which take into account these interlinkages:
- Interdisciplinary research brings transparency to material and financial flows, and produces knowledge of the impact of new technologies and experiments.
- When planning is based on knowledge and collaborative activities, sustainability will become the new normal for individuals and communities.
- The use of materials, as well as the use of land in its natural state, must be reduced in all activities, and financial instruments must be adjusted to take sustainability criteria into consideration.
- Sustainable development must form the basis of all decision making, planning, and budgeting, in both the private and public sectors
