The UN’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will meet in New York between 9 and 18 July 2019. The purpose of the annual meeting is to review the progress made globally in achieving the objectives of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This year, the set of Sustainable Development goals (SDGs) to be reviewed in depth is the following: quality education; decent work and economic growth; reduced inequalities, climate action; peace, justice and strong institutions; and partnerships for the goals, which is reviewed every year.

The state of sustainable development in Finland is followed by using ten monitoring baskets for sustainable development. This is the first comprehensive review, to be conducted every four years, of where Finland stands in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Based on the monitoring results, the key challenges for Finland relate to biodiversity and overuse of natural resources, while our particular strengths lie in social structures, including a low level of corruption.

The Prime Minister’s Office announced the release of the Commitment2050 service for citizens at the Prime Minister’s “Finnish Climate Actions” discussion today. Using the service, anyone who wishes can draw up a personal plan and commit to reducing their carbon footprint by half. At the background of the unique new service is the online Sitra Lifestyle Test, which has already been completed more than half a million times.