The PSLifestyle project piloted the Lifestyle Test in eight European countries: Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Turkey.
Building on this success, in spring 2025 two new countries, Norway and Poland, joined the initiative, helping citizens make sustainable lifestyle changes while providing policymakers and businesses with valuable insights
Pilot Countries

Estonia
Tallinn has adopted Tallinn 2035, an ambitious plan for the Estonian capital to enable a greener and healthier lifestyle for its citizens. Tallinn was also designated as the European Green Capital in 2023.

Finland
The Finnish city Tampere aims to be carbon neutral by 2030. Tampere has ambitions to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80%. To achieve this, the Climate Neutral Tampere programme has compiled a roadmap with six overarching themes: urban planning, mobility, construction, energy, consumption and nature.

Greece
In response to its co-created Athens Resilience Strategy, Athens was the first city in Greece to develop an integrated climate action plan to help the city and its citizens tackle climate change. The aim of the long term plan is to enable Athens to be a liveable, attractive and creative city.

Italy
The Italian pilot had a large regional deployment: the city of Parma is actively working on the promotion of sustainable lifestyles, with a great focus on sustainable mobility choices. The region of Tuscany, is working to engage civil society in its regional work on sustainable development.

Portugal
In the past decades, Portugal has taken great steps in reducing its carbon emissions. Between 2004 and 2016 it reduced its emissions by 26%, with a 50% reduction target by 2030. Porto and Lisbon have been examples of reducing transport emissions by advancing electric and hybrid vehicles in its public transportation and municipality fleet.

Slovenia
The City of Ljubljana independently manages local matters of public importance. In cooperation with different stakeholders and a broad participatory process, it defines local policies to continuously improve the quality of life in the city.

Turkey
Izmir has a vision to provide a cleaner and more sustainable environment to future generations. In addition to committing to a 40 percent emissions reduction by 2030, the Turkish city actively contributes to the reduction of emissions through environmental investments in areas such as renewable energy, transportation, and waste management.
Expansion Countries

Poland
Poland was the first country outside the original PSLifestyle pilots to localise the Lifestyle Test. As part of its sustainability campaign, IKEA Poland featured the tool on its website, giving customers a practical way to understand their footprint and take action.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101037342.