Abstract
With the growing debates around sustainability and sustainable development, this thesis seeks to
address how Trondheim Kommune is seeking to implement the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), as well as addressing the challenges of translating global debates on sustainability into
the local reality of the City. The partnership between Trondheim Kommune with the UN and other
institutions and actors is also part of the object of study. The findings were made through the
analysis of municipal plans, official reports from the UN, OECD, Norway and Trondheim, as well
as the use of tools that serve to measure the progress of SDGs locally and nationally. In addition,
my experience as an intern at the Trondheim Sustainability Center helped me gain internal insight
into how some decision-making is done.
Key words: Sustainable Development Goals; Partnership; Sustainability