The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development gets a term extension until the end of 2027

5.6.2025 The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development was appointed for an extended term until the end of 2027 at the Government Plenary Session on the June 5th. According to the original timetable, the term of the Expert Panel would only have lasted until the end of 2025. With this government decision, the term of the Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development coincides with other Finnish science panels. The Finnish …

Over 250 visitors looked into a sustainable future in the Room 2050 by the Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development

30.5.2025 On May 25–26, the Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development hosted a Room 2050 event at Helsinki Central Library Oodi, offering visitors a chance to experience and imagine what life might look like in a post-sustainability transformation future in the year 2050. The event was organised in collaboration with the Falay Transition Design collective. Room 2050 marked the final phase of Panel’s project on building positive images of futures, …

The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development invites citizens to participate Room 2050 at Oodi, May 25th–26th!

13.5.25 The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development invites everyone to visit the Room of Future, where it is possible to experience and imagine what a post-sustainability transformation future looks and feels like. Room 2050 is organised in collaboration with the Falay Transition Design collective at Helsinki Central Library Oodi from Sunday to Monday, May 25th–26th. The Room of Future is based on three positive images of futures created in …

The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development has created three positive images of futures and invites citizens to vision a sustainable tomorrow

15.4.2025 The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development has developed three outlines of parallel, complementary, positive and realistic images of futures for a sustainable future: The True-cost Economy, Planetary Rules and Sustainability Awareness Revolution. The outlines were created in collaboration with Demos Helsinki to facilitate societal discussion on visioning sustainable futures in Finland. The outlines are based on a comprehensive data analysis and the gaps in the existing images of …

The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development presented its policy brief at the world’s largest sustainability conference in Helsinki

The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development presented its new policy brief at two events in the second week of June at the world’s largest sustainability conference (Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress, SRI) held in Helsinki. This was the first time the SRI Congress was held in Europe. On Tuesday 11.6. the Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development organised its own session, for which it had invited members of the …

Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development publishes a new policy brief 

The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development publishes a policy brief for central government titled Towards successful sustainability transition for Finland: Boundaries from nature, power from the people.  In the policy brief the Expert Panel proposes a dual strategy to save the Finnish welfare society. The policy brief includes concrete proposals for action, a proposal for a key set of indicators that link economic, social and ecological sustainability, and examples …

EEAC network’s conference in Romania dealt with the future of sustainable development actions

The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development is a member of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils Network (EEAC), which organised its annual conference and meeting at the beginning of October in Bucharest, Romania. The main theme of the conference was Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, i.e. peace, the rule of law and building strong institutions. Katriina Siivonen, Vice-Chair of the Finnish Expert Panel, was elected as Co-Chair …

Finland has capabilities to do better in crisis management

(Press release 20.9.) Finland has made good progress in many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but in recent years the trend has taken a turn. Sustainable development perspectives are strongly linked to crises and their prevention, which is why they should be placed at the centre of decision-making. The Expert Panel for Sustainable Development assesses Finland’s Government Programme in relation to the recent UN report on sustainable development and …

In an impact-resistant Finland, we know how decisions affect wellbeing and the environment

The Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development proposes that the forthcoming Finnish Government adopts indicators for overall sustainability to examine the impacts of decision-making. A three-part indicator would measure not only the profitability of the economy but also the wellbeing and natural capital of Finns. The Expert Panel for Sustainable Development considers that the long-term sustainable economy sought by the negotiators for the future government will be realised only if …

Johanna Kentala-Lehtonen started 1.3. as a Secretary General of the Expert Panel for the Sustainable Development

Johanna Kentala-Lehtonen started as the new Secretary General of the Expert Panel for Sustainable Development at the beginning of March. She works at the Strategy Department of the Prime Minister’s Office. The Secretary General is responsible for the coordination of the Expert Panel, which was transferred to the Prime Minister’s Office at the turn of the year. The Expert Panel for Sustainable Development will remain an independent scientific advisory panel. …