Key Indicators 2003 – Denmark's National Strategy for Sustainable Development A shared future – Balanced development

Key Indicators 2003

Indicators for sustainable development

This is the first update of Denmark's indicators for sustainable development. The original version was published up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002.

The indicators have been selected in order to reflect objectives and activities in Denmark's National Strategy for Sustainable Development, "A shared future – balanced development". They have moreover been selected on the basis of suggestions and opinions prevalent in public debate on sustainable development. The indicators are an important element in ongoing reports on development and results in relation to targets and activities. The indicators are part of the basis for assessment in connection with ongoing adjustments of targets and activities in Denmark's National Strategy for Sustainable Development. The indicators show developments within the Strategy's overall targets and principles for achieving sustainable development, and targets and activities in specific, selected action areas.

The indicators elucidate and illustrate developments in relation to important targets or activities in the National Strategy for Sustainable Development. The indicators are updated annually.

The indicators fall into two parts:

An overall set of key indicators which describes developments and results in relation to the Strategy's 8 overall objectives and principles. This set comprises 14 indicators.
A detailed, specific set of indicators which address individual action areas, describing developments and results in relation to some of the Strategy's targets and activities. This set comprises 90 indicators.

This publication presents the set of key indicators relating to the 8 overall targets and principles in the Danish National Strategy for Sustainable Development.

Please use the following link if you are interested in viewing the 90 background indicators for sustainable development and in reading more about the indicators:

http://www.mst.dk/indikator/SD/