The green transition requires the prioritisation of land areas for renewable energy production, food production, forestry, outdoor recreation, nature and natural heritage protection and green business development. The use of land entails challenges that span municipal, regional and national borders, and which require solutions that leverage geographic potential in an optimal manner. At the same time, it is also necessary to view local land use as part of a larger vision and to mitigate conflicts of interest. Nordic co-operation within regional development and planning must work in the name of better land use and to promote the development and testing of methods and processes.