The video is part of the course Sustainable Development – Ideas and Imaginaries, which is freely available: https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainable-development-ideas-and-imaginaries.

The Sustainable Development Goals calls for a radical global transformation. But how we think societal changes should take place differs. In this video you will learn how the ideas behind the Sustainable Development Goals emerged and why developed countries engage in aiding less developed countries. Associate professor in History at the University of Copenhagen, Jan Pedersen, tells about the underlying ideas behind development projects in the 1960s and 1970s, and which incentives Denmark have had for participating in UN development programs.