All countries in the United Nations have committed to work towards the SDG's and translate the 169 targets and underlying indicators to match the local conditions in each country. But how will we measure Denmark’s progress towards the SDG's? As part of a major new project by Statistics Denmark and the 2030 panel, researchers from Aalborg University (AAU) will help to qualify this. The project is called Our Goals. The project also includes Deloitte, Geelmuyden Kiese, Sweco, Danish Energy Management, Kraka and RUC.

Our Goals specifically takes the SDG's for global sustainable development as its point of departure, and covers everything from equality and the climate to goals of quality education and responsible consumption and production. The project aims to develop Danish indicators for the SDG's, which Denmark has committed to complying with.

A total of 15 researchers from AAU will contribute to the project, and they have also made their knowledge available at workshops where several of the SDG's were debated extensively by both professionals and non-professionals during the spring of 2020.

Read more about Our Goal here.

The 15 researchers participating from AAU come from all five faculties and have been linked with 15 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals:

1. No poverty: Jørgen Goul Andersen
2. Good health and well-being: Lars Ehlers
3. Quality education: Mie Buhl
4. Gender equality: Anette Borchorst
5. Clean water and sanitation: Michael Rasmussen
6. Affordable and clean energy: Brian Vad Mathiesen
7. Decent work and economic growth: Thomas Bredgaard
8. Industry, innovation and infrastructure: Birgitte Gregersen
9. Reduced inequality: Mia Arp Fallov
10. Sustainable cities and communities: Jesper Ole Jensen
11. Responsible consumption and production: Michael Søgaard
12. Life below water: Trine Hammer Jensen
13. Life on land: Torsten Nygård Kristensen
14. Peace, justice and strong institutions:: Sten Bønsing
15. Partnerships for the goals: Henrik Halkier