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 …

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 …

Panelists

Sustainability Panel 2023-2025 Lassi Linnanen, chair I am the Professor of Environmental Management and Economics at LUT University. My areas of expertise include sustainability science, sustainability assessment and sustainability change, and I also examine these issues through the lens of environmental economics.  What are the most important aspects of sustainable development? The most important task, both in Finland and globally, is to bring interpretations, decision-making and measures of sustainable development …