2025-03-192024/25:FiU17 · p.1FiUEconomy & finance
Conditions for implementing Agenda 2030
Conditions for implementing the 2030 Agenda - organization and follow-up
What's at stake: How work on the 2030 Agenda is organized and followed up affects whether Sweden can reach the goals on climate, biodiversity and equality among others, and the criticism points in particular to reduced follow-up resources and cuts in the environmental and welfare areas.
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 should come back with a plan to sharpen work to reach the 17 goals of the 2030 Agenda, including through stronger follow-up structures and increased resources, or whether the current organization and work on the goals should be considered sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee sees no reason for the Riksdag to require the government to come back with a special plan to sharpen work on the 2030 Agenda goals, and recommends rejecting the motions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S)
The reservation holds that the government is falling short in its handling of the 2030 Agenda goals - the office for the work has been shut down, agencies' reporting requirements have been removed and the follow-up budget cut - with particularly serious consequences for environmental and climate policy and for equality policy, where insufficient climate measures, cuts to nature conservation and a weakened welfare system negatively affect gender equality and integration. The government should therefore come back with a plan to sharpen work on all 17 goals, including food security, measures against men's violence against women, sustainable energy, and tighter EU climate targets.
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 | Abstain 0/0/21/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: high | derived |
| S | No | No 0/93/0/13 | follows the plan | confidence: high | not addressed |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/0/16/2 | departs from the plan | confidence: high | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 20/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 15/0/0/1 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 17/0/0/2 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 60/0/0/8 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | Yes | Yes 62/0/0/10 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2024/25:3299 by Ida Gabrielsson et al. (Left Party) demands 1, 2, 9, and 11-13, 2024/25:3300 by Mikael Damberg et al. (Social Democrats), and 2024/25:3306 by Janine Alm Ericson et al. (Green Party) demands 1-3, 5, 6, and 14.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:3299 av Ida Gabrielsson m.fl. (V) yrkandena 1, 2, 9 och 11-13, 2024/25:3300 av Mikael Damberg m.fl. (S) och 2024/25:3306 av Janine Alm Ericson m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1-3, 5, 6 och 14.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag has considered a statement from the government concerning Sweden's implementation of Agenda 2030 and the global goals for sustainable development that the UN General Assembly adopted in 2015. The Riksdag welcomes the statement and states that there are now five years left until Agenda 2030 is to be implemented. The Riksdag believes, like the government, that Sweden has good chances to achieve the goals, while at the same time there are challenges both nationally and globally. The Riksdag filed the statement in the archives, that is, concluded the case.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the government to strengthen its work on reaching Agenda 2030 targets through sharper environmental and equality policy measures. (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 requires that Sweden participates wholeheartedly in addressing the world's historical challenges, with a carbon budget, food supply and prioritized work against men's violence against women.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that Sweden participates wholeheartedly in addressing the world's historical challenges, with a carbon budget, food supply and prioritized work against men's violence against women. The counter-proposal's plan for all goals precisely meets these commitments. Agenda 2030 is not mentioned in the plan, but the substance of the requirement does.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att Sverige deltar helhjärtat i arbetet med världens historiska utmaningar, med utsläppsbudget, livsmedelsförsörjning och ett prioriterat arbete mot mäns våld mot kvinnor. Motförslagets plan för samtliga mål träffar exakt dessa åtaganden. Agenda 2030 nämns inte i planen, men sakinnehållet i kravet gör det.
- wholehearted international workdecisive»Vi vill att Sverige ska vara ett land som deltar helhjärtat i arbetet med« (party programme ↗)“We want Sweden to be a country that participates wholeheartedly in the work with”
- stricter climate measures»Vi vill att regeringen arbetar med en utsläppsbudget som knyter ihop« (party programme ↗)“We want the government to work with a carbon budget that ties together”
- strong action against men's violence»I ett tryggt samhälle tar vi krafttag mot våld, hedersförtryck och sexuella kränkningar mot kvinnor, barn och hbtqi-personer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In a safe society we take strong action against violence, honour-based oppression and sexual harassment against women, children and LGBTQI persons.”
- food supply»att landet är tillräckligt självförsörjande« (party programme ↗)“that the country is sufficiently self-sufficient”
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 work on the global sustainability goals must gain momentum again and that Sweden shall be a strong force in the UN and EU for raised commitments.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto states that work on the global sustainability goals must gain momentum again and that Sweden shall be a strong force in the UN and EU for raised commitments. A plan to sharpen work on all 17 goals - including climate, sustainable energy and action against men's violence against women - is an application of precisely that commitment. The plan, however, requires no special reporting plan to the Riksdag, so the assessment is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet slår fast att arbetet med de globala hållbarhetsmålen måste ta fart igen och att Sverige ska vara en stark kraft i FN och EU för höjda åtaganden. En plan för att skärpa arbetet med samtliga 17 mål - inklusive klimat, hållbar energi och åtgärder mot mäns våld mot kvinnor - är en tillämpning av just det åtagandet. Planen kräver dock ingen särskild redovisningsplan till riksdagen, varför bedömningen härleds.
- sustainability goals must gain momentum againdecisive»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 implementation of the global sustainability goals more difficult. That work must now gain momentum again.”
- driving force in UN and EU»Sverige ska vara en stark kraft i FN och EU för att världens länder ska öka sina åtaganden för att göra verklighet av Parisavtalets ambitioner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall be a strong force in the UN and EU so that the world's countries increase their commitments to make the Paris Agreement's ambitions a reality.”
- against men's violence against women»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decisive action to stop honour-related violence, sexual crime and men's violence against women.”
- firm climate framework»Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate policy framework shall stand firm.”
The election manifesto demands an emissions budget that achieves climate goals, tightened emissions trading and climate tariffs in the EU, an exit door for violence survivors throughout the country and a stronger agriculture for increased self-sufficiency.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto demands an emissions budget that achieves climate goals, tightened emissions trading and climate tariffs in the EU, an exit door for violence survivors throughout the country and a stronger agriculture for increased self-sufficiency. The counter-proposal's plan to step up work on all seventeen sustainability goals points to exactly these areas and is thereby consistent with the plan's commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver en utsläppsbudget som gör att klimatmålen nås, skärpt utsläppshandel och klimattullar i EU, en dörr ut för våldsutsatta i hela landet och ett starkare jordbruk för ökad självförsörjning. Motförslagets plan för att skärpa arbetet med samtliga sjutton hållbarhetsmål pekar ut just dessa delar och ligger därmed i linje med planens åtaganden.
- tightened climate commitmentsdecisive»ta fram en svensk utsläppsbudget som gör att vi når klimatmålen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“develop a Swedish emissions budget that enables us to reach climate goals.”
- tightened climate goals within the EU»höja priset på utsläppsrätter i EU, inkludera utsläpp från flyg och sjöfart i systemet och införa klimattullar på varor från länder utanför EU.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise the price of emissions allowances in the EU, include emissions from aviation and shipping in the system and introduce climate tariffs on goods from countries outside the EU.”
- measures against male violence»skapa en dörr ut för våldsutsatta i hela landet, så att ansvaret för skydd, boende och vård samordnas direkt efter uppbrottet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“create an exit door for violence survivors throughout the country, so that responsibility for protection, housing and care is coordinated directly after the break.”
- guaranteed food supply»stärka det svenska jordbruket för ökad självförsörjning med baslivsmedel, och stödja övergången till ett ekologiskt och hållbart jordbruk med fossiloberoende arbetsmaskiner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen Swedish agriculture for increased self-sufficiency with staple foods, and support the transition to organic and sustainable agriculture with fossil-independent farm machinery.”
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's commitments hit the counter-proposal's subject areas: a more ambitious emissions trading within the EU, preventive work against male violence against women, increased food production and supply security and doubled emissions-free electricity.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto's commitments hit the counter-proposal's subject areas: a more ambitious emissions trading within the EU, preventive work against male violence against women, increased food production and supply security and doubled emissions-free electricity. A plan to sharpen work on all sustainability goals thus is in line with the plan. Agenda 2030 as a framework is however not mentioned, so the support is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestets åtaganden träffar motförslagets sakområden: en mer ambitiös utsläppshandel inom EU, förebyggande arbete mot mäns våld mot kvinnor, ökad matproduktion och försörjningstrygghet samt fördubblad utsläppsfri el. En plan för att skärpa arbetet med samtliga hållbarhetsmål ligger därmed i linje med planen. Agenda 2030 som ram nämns dock inte, varför stödet är härlett.
- more ambitious emissions tradingdecisive»EU:s system för handel med utsläppsrätter är bland de mest effektiva verktyg vi har, och vi vill göra det ännu mer ambitiöst och öppna upp det för fler länder som vill ansluta sig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The EU's system for emissions trading is among the most effective tools we have, and we want to make it even more ambitious and open it up for more countries that want to join.”
- stop male violence against women»Förebyggande åtgärder mot mäns våld mot kvinnor ska genomsyra hela samhället och män som slår ska inte komma undan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preventive measures against male violence against women shall permeate the whole of society and men who use violence shall not get away with it.”
- increased food supply»En långsiktigt hållbar livsmedelsförsörjning med ökad försörjningstrygghet och ökad matproduktion kräver regelförenklingar och skattesänkningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A long-term sustainable food supply with increased supply security and increased food production requires regulatory simplification and tax cuts”
- doubled emissions-free electricity»Vi vill fördubbla produktionen av utsläppsfri el, och rusta och bygga ut elnätet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to double production of emissions-free electricity and strengthen and expand the power grid.”
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, but the subject areas the counter-proposal wishes to sharpen are found as separate commitments: raised European climate ambitions, increased action against violence against women and nature conservation that gets a renaissance.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan does not mention Agenda 2030, but the subject areas the counter-proposal wishes to sharpen are found as separate commitments: raised European climate ambitions, increased action against violence against women and nature conservation that gets a renaissance. Based on these nearest principles, the plan supports the demand for strengthened measures. The evidence is, however, general, because the plan is silent on the targets framework itself.
Original (Swedish)
Planen nämner inte Agenda 2030, men de sakområden motförslaget vill skärpa återfinns som egna åtaganden: höjda europeiska klimatambitioner, ökad handlingskraft mot våld mot kvinnor och en naturvård som får en renässans. Utifrån dessa närmast liggande principer stöder planen kravet på skärpta insatser. Underlaget är dock allmänt, eftersom planen är tyst om själva målramverket.
- raised climate ambitions in the EUdecisive»Inte minst vill vi öka de europeiska klimatambitionerna samt se en tätare samverkan mot inre och yttre hot.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Not least we wish to raise European climate ambitions and see closer cooperation against internal and external threats.”
- against violence against women»Vi vill se en ökad handlingskraft mot sexuellt våld och våld mot kvinnor genom bland annat högre straff för sexualbrott och ett bättre skydd och stöd för offren.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We wish to see increased action against sexual violence and violence against women through, among other things, higher sentences for sexual offences and better protection and support for victims.”
- nature conservation prioritized»Naturvården måste få en renässans.« (party programme ↗)“Nature conservation must have a renaissance.”
- tightened EU regulations»miljö- och klimatområdet måste höjas och regelverken skärpas.« (party programme ↗)“the environmental and climate area must be raised and regulations tightened.”
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 that sustainable development integrates ecology, economy and social considerations, that the gender equality perspective permeates all policy areas and that there are clear instruments for steering, coordination and monitoring of aid, which shall amount to at least one percent of GNI.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that sustainable development integrates ecology, economy and social considerations, that the gender equality perspective permeates all policy areas and that there are clear instruments for steering, coordination and monitoring of aid, which shall amount to at least one percent of GNI. A plan to sharpen work on all sustainability goals is thereby in line with the plan's monitoring requirements.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att hållbar utveckling integrerar ekologi, ekonomi och sociala hänsyn, att jämställdhetsperspektivet genomsyrar alla politikområden och att det finns tydliga instrument för styrning, samordning och uppföljning av biståndet, som ska uppgå till minst en procent av BNI. En plan för att skärpa arbetet med samtliga hållbarhetsmål ligger därmed i linje med planens uppföljningskrav.
- integrated sustainable developmentdecisive»Hållbar utveckling förutsätter att ekologi, ekonomi och sociala hänsyn integreras.« (party programme ↗)“Sustainable development requires that ecology, economy and social considerations are integrated.”
- steering and monitoring of aid»Det måste finnas tydliga instrument för styrning,« (party programme ↗)“There must be clear instruments for steering,”
- gender equality in all policy»Jämställdhetsperspektivet ska genomsyra alla politikområden.« (party programme ↗)“The gender equality perspective shall permeate all policy areas.”
- the one-percent target in aid»Sverige bör ge minst en procent av BNI i internationellt bistånd.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden should give at least one percent of GNI in international aid.”
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 opposes steering through broad disbursement and target-fulfillment frameworks: the one-percent target shall be abolished and the size of aid shall be determined by reasonable budget and achieved results, not by a target.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan opposes steering through broad disbursement and target-fulfillment frameworks: the one-percent target shall be abolished and the size of aid shall be determined by reasonable budget and achieved results, not by a target. It also requires that politics prioritize and eliminate as well as rejects expensive symbolic politics in climate policy. A special plan to tighten work on all 17 goals therefore lacks support in the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vänder sig mot styrning genom breda utbetalnings- och måluppfyllelseramverk: enprocentmålet ska avskaffas och biståndets storlek bestämmas av rimlig budget och uppnådda resultat, inte av ett mål. Den kräver också att politiken prioriterar och väljer bort samt avvisar dyrbar symbolpolitik i klimatfrågan. En särskild plan för att skärpa arbetet med samtliga 17 mål saknar därför stöd i planen.
- results ahead of target fulfillmentdecisive»Biståndets storlek ska bygga på en bedömning av vilken budget som är rimlig när biståndet ställs mot andra behov, samt utifrån vilka resultat som bedöms kunna uppnås, snarare än på ett utbetalningsmål.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The size of aid shall be based on an assessment of what budget is reasonable when aid is set against other needs, and based on what results are assessed to be achievable, rather than on a disbursement target.”
- abolish volume targets»Avskaffa enprocentmålet och ersätta det med en fyraårig budgetram för biståndet som skapar förutsägbarhet och resultatfokus« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish the one-percent target and replace it with a four-year budget framework for aid that creates predictability and results focus”
- prioritize core tasks»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and eliminate,”
- no symbolic politics»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy shall never be reduced to expensive symbolic politics or narrow climate nationalism.”
The election manifesto wants Swedish climate goals to be adapted to the EU level rather than sharpened, and that costs for climate measures and aid decrease in favor of welfare and security.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto wants Swedish climate goals to be adapted to the EU level rather than sharpened, and that costs for climate measures and aid decrease in favor of welfare and security. The plan also rejects gender policy that through political measures should create the same outcome at group level. A plan to sharpen work on all Agenda 2030 goals, including sharpened climate goals within the EU, thus goes against the plan's priorities.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet vill att de svenska klimatmålen anpassas till EU:s nivå i stället för att skärpas, och att kostnaderna för klimatåtgärder och bistånd minskar till förmån för välfärd och trygghet. Planen avvisar också en jämställdhetspolitik som via politiska åtgärder ska skapa samma utfall på gruppnivå. En plan för att skärpa arbetet med samtliga Agenda 2030-mål, inklusive skärpta klimatmål inom EU, går därmed emot planens prioriteringar.
- no sharpened Swedish climate goalsdecisive»De svenska klimatmålen bör anpassas till den klimatlagstiftning som finns på EU-nivå« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish climate goals should be adapted to the climate legislation that exists at EU level”
- lower climate and aid costs»Minska kostnaderna för migrationspolitik, bistånd, EU-bidrag och klimatåtgärder som kan göras mer effektiva« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce costs for migration policy, aid, EU subsidies and climate measures that can be made more efficient”
- formal, not outcome-driven gender equality»Riktig jämställdhet nås inte genom att vidta politiska åtgärder för att på gruppnivå skapa samma utfall mellan män och kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Real gender equality is not achieved by taking political measures to create the same outcome at group level between men and women”
- 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 (2024/25:FiU17)
- Committee report full text (HC01FiU17)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:3299 — med anledning av skr. 2024/25:66 Sveriges genomförande av Agenda 2030 av Ida Gabrielsson m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:3300 — med anledning av skr. 2024/25:66 Sveriges genomförande av Agenda 2030 av Mikael Damberg m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:3306 — med anledning av skr. 2024/25:66 Sveriges genomförande av Agenda 2030 av Janine Alm Ericson m.fl. (MP)
- Regeringens skrivelse 2024/25:66 — Sveriges genomförande av Agenda 2030
Source: The Swedish Parliament