2026-03-112025/26:FiU19 · p.2FiUEconomy & finance
Conditions for implementing Agenda 2030
The government's governance of Agenda 2030 work
What's at stake: The decision concerns whether Sweden has the right tools and priorities to reach the global sustainability goals by 2030, with particular significance for climate policy, where critics point to rising emissions.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the government's current governance of Agenda 2030 work is sufficient, or whether developments - particularly on climate - require the government to return with a strengthened plan.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee shares the government's assessment that Agenda 2030 work should be handled within the ordinary budget and governance process with clear prioritization of areas facing major challenges, and notes that the government has already strengthened coordination within the Government Offices. The committee therefore sees no reason to propose further measures at this time.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S)
The reservation (S) wants the government to return with a plan to strengthen its Agenda 2030 work. The reasoning is that the government is falling short across all 17 goals - especially climate policy, where emissions rose sharply and the budget bill shows Sweden risks missing all its climate targets - and has shut down the Agenda 2030 office and cut nature conservation funding.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 17/0/1/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: high | derived |
| S | No | No 0/89/0/17 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/0/15/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: high | explicit |
| C | No | Abstain 0/0/21/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | derived |
| L | Yes | Yes 13/0/0/3 | follows the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 56/0/0/12 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| SD | Yes | Yes 62/0/0/9 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
Broke with the party line
| VHåkan Svenneling (V, Värmlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2025/26:1809 by Aida Birinxhiku (S), 2025/26:3876 by Mikael Damberg et al. (S), 2025/26:3882 by Martin Ådahl et al. (C) and 2025/26:3883 by Janine Alm Ericson et al. (MP) motions 1 and 2.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2025/26:1809 av Aida Birinxhiku (S), 2025/26:3876 av Mikael Damberg m.fl. (S), 2025/26:3882 av Martin Ådahl m.fl. (C) och 2025/26:3883 av Janine Alm Ericson m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1 och 2.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag has considered a letter from the government concerning the National Audit Office's report on the state's work on Agenda 2030. The National Audit Office has examined whether the state's work on Agenda 2030 has been effective. The agency has focused on the implementation by the government and central agencies between 2015–2025. The overall conclusion in the report is that the state's work on the agenda has not been effective. The National Audit Office points out that Sweden ranked very high in the world ranking of achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals when the work began in 2016, but that Sweden's achievement has not increased significantly since then. The National Audit Office assesses, among other things, that the monitoring of achievement of the goals in Sweden is incomplete, which makes it difficult to determine which areas would need to be prioritized. The National Audit Office also assesses that the government has not created conditions for more coherent sustainable development policy. In its letter, the government welcomes the National Audit Office's review and states that Agenda 2030 is implemented on the basis of national conditions. Following the National Audit Office's observation of unclear allocation of responsibility for coherent policy, the government intends to clarify responsibility allocation within the Government Offices. The Riksdag shares the government's assessment that several social problems have grown or not improved, which complicates implementation nationally and internationally. The Riksdag filed the letter with the records, which means that the matter was closed.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the government to return with a plan to strengthen its work on the Agenda 2030 goals, especially environmental and climate policy. (S) — Reservation 1
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan describes a climate emergency where the transition is going too slowly and requires that all political decisions take into account the crisis, and that climate goals are linked to concrete, quantified proposals and followed up with sharp legislation.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan describes a climate emergency where the transition is going too slowly and requires that all political decisions take into account the crisis, and that climate goals are linked to concrete, quantified proposals and followed up with sharp legislation. The counter-proposal's demand for a strengthened plan for Agenda 2030, especially in the climate field, follows from that. The plan provides no support for the ordinary budget process alone being sufficient.
Original (Swedish)
Planen beskriver ett klimatnödläge där omställningen går för sakta och kräver att alla politiska beslut tar hänsyn till krisen, samt att klimatmålen knyts ihop med konkreta, siffersatta förslag och följs upp med skarp lagstiftning. Motförslagets krav på en förstärkt plan för Agenda 2030, särskilt på klimatområdet, följer av det. Planen ger inget stöd för att ordinarie budgetprocess ensam räcker.
- immediate climate transitiondecisive»Omställningen behöver ske omgående och alla politiska beslut behöver ta hänsyn till den akuta kris som vi befinner oss i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The transition needs to happen immediately and all political decisions need to take into account the acute crisis we find ourselves in.”
- quantified climate goals»Vi vill att regeringen arbetar med en utsläppsbudget som knyter ihop« (party programme ↗)“We want the government to work with an emissions budget that links together”
- monitored environmental goals»miljömål som följs upp med skarp lagstiftning och praktiskt arbete.« (party programme ↗)“environmental goals that are followed up with sharp legislation and practical work.”
- climate emergency»Vi befinner oss i ett klimatnödläge.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We find ourselves in a climate emergency.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto states that implementation of the global sustainability goals has become more difficult and that work must now regain momentum.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto states that implementation of the global sustainability goals has become more difficult and that work must now regain momentum. The plan also demands rapid transition and that Sweden is a leading force for achieving international environmental and climate goals. A strengthened plan for Agenda 2030, especially when climate targets risk being missed, is thus in line with the plan's commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet slår fast att genomförandet av de globala hållbarhetsmålen försvårats och att det arbetet nu åter måste ta fart. Planen kräver dessutom en skyndsam omställning och att Sverige är en ledande kraft för att internationella miljö- och klimatmål uppnås. En förstärkt plan för Agenda 2030, särskilt när klimatmålen riskerar att missas, ligger därför i linje med planens åtaganden.
- resumed work on sustainability goalsdecisive»Covid-19-pandemin har försvårat genomförandet av de globala hållbarhetsmålen. Det arbetet måste nu åter ta fart.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Covid-19 pandemic has made it more difficult to implement the global sustainability goals. That work must now regain momentum.”
- leadership for international goals»Sverige som ledande kraft i världen för att överenskomna internationella miljö- och« (party programme ↗)“Sweden as a leading force in the world for achieving agreed international environmental and”
- swift climate transition»Skyndsam och rättvis klimatomställning för att göra produktion, transporter och« (party programme ↗)“Swift and fair climate transition to make production, transport and”
- increased transition pace»Redan nu minskar utsläppen i vårt land, men takten måste öka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Emissions are already decreasing in our country, but the pace must increase.”
The party programme explicitly establishes that the Green Party works for Agenda 2030 to be implemented both in Sweden and internationally, and that sustainability measures shall be given a prominent role when economic policy is formulated and evaluated.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme explicitly establishes that the Green Party works for Agenda 2030 to be implemented both in Sweden and internationally, and that sustainability measures shall be given a prominent role when economic policy is formulated and evaluated. A strengthened plan for Agenda 2030 work, with the edge against lacking climate target fulfilment, is a direct application of that. The requirement for legally binding climate targets strengthens the conclusion.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet slår uttryckligen fast att Miljöpartiet verkar för att Agenda 2030 genomförs både i Sverige och internationellt, och att hållbarhetsmått ska ges en framträdande roll när ekonomisk politik utformas och utvärderas. En förstärkt plan för Agenda 2030-arbetet, med udden mot bristande klimatmåluppfyllelse, är en direkt tillämpning av det. Kravet på juridiskt bindande klimatmål förstärker slutsatsen.
- implement Agenda 2030decisive»utgör Agenda 2030. Miljöpartiet verkar för att den genomförs både i Sverige och« (party programme ↗)“constitutes Agenda 2030. The Green Party works for it to be implemented both in Sweden and”
- binding climate targets»juridiskt bindande klimatmål som ligger i linje med forskningen« (party programme ↗)“legally binding climate targets that align with research”
- sustainability measures in policy»första rummet. Sådana mått ska ges en framträdande roll när ekonomisk politik« (party programme ↗)“first place. Such measures shall be given a prominent role when economic policy”
- emissions budget»ta fram en svensk utsläppsbudget som gör att vi når klimatmålen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“draw up a Swedish emissions budget that ensures we meet climate targets”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The election manifesto requires that every day without climate action is a lost day and requires leadership that prioritizes effective measures over passivity.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires that every day without climate action is a lost day and requires leadership that prioritizes effective measures over passivity. The party programme wants Sweden to drive for global, binding agreements and effective measures. That work with the sustainability goals is strengthened when emissions increase follows from this, at the same time as the party values the fiscal framework and ordinary priorities. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal, albeit weakly.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet slår fast att varje dag utan klimathandling är en förlorad dag och kräver ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför passivitet. Partiprogrammet vill att Sverige driver på för globala, bindande avtal och effektiva åtgärder. Att arbetet med hållbarhetsmålen förstärks när utsläppen ökar följer av detta, samtidigt som partiet värnar det finanspolitiska ramverket och ordinarie prioriteringar. Planen stöder därför motförslaget, om än svagt.
- urgent climate measuresdecisive»Varje dag utan handling är en förlorad dag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Every day without action is a lost day.”
- effective measures, not symbolic politics»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Leadership that prioritizes effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity.”
- global binding commitments»att driva på för globala, bindande avtal och effektiva åtgärder« (party programme ↗)“to drive for global, binding agreements and effective measures”
- order in public finances»Det finanspolitiska ramverket ska värnas och förstärkas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fiscal framework must be protected and strengthened”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan does not mention Agenda 2030. The closest-lying principle is that climate policy should be measured in how much it actually reduces…
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan does not mention Agenda 2030. The closest-lying principle is that climate policy should be measured in how much it actually reduces emissions and that liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbolic politics and placard measures. A new strengthened plan for follow-up is precisely such a process rather than a steering instrument, and the plan prioritises stable public finances and an ordinary budget process.
Original (Swedish)
Planen nämner inte Agenda 2030. Närmast liggande princip är att klimatpolitiken ska mätas i hur mycket den faktiskt får ner utsläppen och att liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik och plakatåtgärder. En ny förstärkt plan för uppföljning är just en sådan process snarare än ett styrmedel, och planen prioriterar stabila offentliga finanser och en ordinarie budgetprocess.
- results before processesdecisive»Och nu behövs en klimatpolitik som inte mäts i hur många skatter som höjs eller hur mycket den kostar skattebetalarna utan i hur mycket den på riktigt får ner utsläppen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“And now climate policy is needed that is not measured in how many taxes are raised or how much it costs taxpayers but in how much it actually gets emissions down.”
- rejects symbolic politics»Liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik« (party programme ↗)“Liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbolic politics”
- stable public finances»Stabila offentliga finanser och låg statsskuld skapar utrymme för Sverige att möta kriser utan« (party programme ↗)“Stable public finances and low government debt create space for Sweden to meet crises without”
- climate goals within growing economy»Vi ska nå klimatmålen – inga nettoutsläpp av växthusgaser senast 2045 och därefter negativa utsläpp – inom ramen för en växande ekonomi.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall reach climate goals – no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2045 and thereafter negative emissions – within the framework of a growing economy.”
According to the plan, the stewardship principle means that all political decisions shall be made considering the consequences from a future perspective, and that environmental considerations need to permeate all policy areas with ecology, economy and social concerns integrated.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
According to the plan, the stewardship principle means that all political decisions shall be made considering the consequences from a future perspective, and that environmental considerations need to permeate all policy areas with ecology, economy and social concerns integrated. An enhanced plan for sustainability goals is an application of this. The plan's requirement for restraint in public expenditure makes the support conditional and the conclusion uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Förvaltarskapsprincipen innebär enligt planen att alla politiska beslut ska fattas med konsekvenserna beaktade utifrån ett framtidsperspektiv, och att miljöhänsyn behöver genomsyra alla politikområden med ekologi, ekonomi och sociala hänsyn integrerade. En förstärkt plan för hållbarhetsmålen är en tillämpning av det. Planens krav på återhållsamhet i de offentliga utgifterna gör dock stödet villkorat och slutsatsen osäker.
- environmental considerations in all policydecisive»behöver genomsyra alla politikområden« (party programme ↗)“need to permeate all policy areas”
- integrated sustainability»Hållbar utveckling förutsätter att ekologi, ekonomi« (party programme ↗)“Sustainable development presupposes that ecology and economy”
- stewardship in all decisions»Alla politiska beslut bör fattas i enlighet med förvaltarskapsprincipen, vilket innebär att« (party programme ↗)“All political decisions should be made in accordance with the stewardship principle, which means that”
- restrained public expenditure»återhållsamhet i de offentliga utgifterna« (party programme ↗)“restraint in public expenditure”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan requires hard prioritization in a tough economic situation and states what must be done and what can wait, with the judiciary, defence and welfare first.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires hard prioritization in a tough economic situation and states what must be done and what can wait, with the judiciary, defence and welfare first. A strengthened plan that should lift work on all Agenda 2030 targets goes in the opposite direction and risks the symbol politics that the plan explicitly rejects. Politics' task is to prioritize and eliminate.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver hårda prioriteringar i ett tufft ekonomiskt läge och slår fast vad som måste göras och vad som får vänta, med rättsväsendet, försvaret och välfärden först. En förstärkt plan som ska lyfta arbetet inom samtliga Agenda 2030-mål drar åt motsatt håll och riskerar den symbolpolitik som planen uttryckligen avvisar. Politikens uppgift är att prioritera och välja bort.
- clear prioritizationsdecisive»Vi vet vad som måste göras – och vad som får vänta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know what must be done – and what can wait.”
- core tasks first»De stora behoven inom rättsväsendet, försvaret och välfärden ställer stora krav på prioriteringar under åren som kommer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The large needs within the judiciary, defence and welfare place great demands on prioritizations in the years to come.”
- prioritize and eliminate»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and eliminate”
- no to symbol politics»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy must never be reduced to expensive symbol politics or narrow climate nationalism.”
The plan wants to reduce costs for aid, EU grants and climate measures and concentrate public spending on the heart of the welfare state with a requirement for clear citizen benefit.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to reduce costs for aid, EU grants and climate measures and concentrate public spending on the heart of the welfare state with a requirement for clear citizen benefit. A strengthened plan for Agenda 2030, motivated by heightened climate ambitions and more monitoring resources, goes in the opposite direction from that and from the requirement that evidence and competitiveness should guide climate work. The plan does not explicitly address the agenda.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill minska kostnaderna för bistånd, EU-bidrag och klimatåtgärder och koncentrera de offentliga utgifterna till välfärdens hjärta med krav på tydlig medborgarnytta. En förstärkt plan för Agenda 2030, motiverad av skärpta klimatambitioner och mer uppföljningsresurser, går i motsatt riktning mot det och mot kravet att evidens och konkurrenskraft ska styra klimatarbetet. Planen behandlar inte agendan uttryckligen.
- reduced costs for climate and aiddecisive»Minska kostnaderna för migrationspolitik, bistånd, EU-bidrag och klimatåtgärder som kan göras mer effektiva« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce costs for migration policy, aid, EU grants and climate measures that can be made more effective”
- spending on the heart of the welfare state»Sverigedemokraterna vill koncentrera de offentliga utgifterna till välfärdens hjärta och begära tydlig medborgarnytta för alla satsningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to concentrate public spending on the heart of the welfare state and require clear citizen benefit for all investments.”
- evidence over increased ambition»Evidens, resultat och svensk konkurrenskraft ska styra genomförandet av klimatmål i högre utsträckning än politikers vilja att gå först och längst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Evidence, results and Swedish competitiveness should guide the implementation of climate goals to a greater extent than politicians' desire to go first and furthest.”
- welfare before prestige projects»Satsa på välfärden istället för politiska prestigeprojekt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in welfare instead of political prestige projects”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:FiU19)
- Committee report full text (HD01FiU19)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:1809 — Arbetet med Agenda 2030 av Aida Birinxhiku (S)
- Motion 2025/26:3876 — med anledning av skr. 2025/26:83 Riksrevisionens rapport om statens arbete med Agenda 2030 av Mikael Damberg m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:3882 — med anledning av skr. 2025/26:83 Riksrevisionens rapport om statens arbete med Agenda 2030 av Martin Ådahl m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2025/26:3883 — med anledning av skr. 2025/26:83 Riksrevisionens rapport om statens arbete med Agenda 2030 av Janine Alm Ericson m.fl. (MP)
- Regeringens skrivelse 2025/26:83 — Riksrevisionens rapport om statens arbete med Agenda 2030
Source: The Swedish Parliament