strategy
Bridging data gap for sustainable development
Synonyms:
Identifying gaps in environmental information Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends that countries and international organizations should consider undertaking surveys of information available in the private sector on sustainable development and of present dissemination arrangements. This would enable determination of gaps and how those gaps could be filled by commercial or quasi-commercial activity, particularly activities in and/or involving developing countries where feasible. Whenever economic or other constraints on supplying and accessing information arise, particularly in developing countries, innovative schemes for subsidizing such information-related access or removing the non-economic constraints should be considered.
Broader:
IdentifyingBridging digital divideBridging information gapMeasuring sustainabilityPlanning for communication developmentImproving information for decision making on the environment Narrower:
Disseminating environmental informationApplying culture-based knowledge systemsImproving regional demographic informationIntegrating sustainable development informationIdentifying sustainable technology information gapsSurveying private sector information on sustainable developmentEnsuring exchange of scientific data on sustainable developmentConverting information for sustainable development decision-making Facilitated by:
Developing national information systemsProducing environmental resource inventoriesExtending scope of environmental data collectionEstablishing environmental data collection centresFinancing provision of data on sustainable developmentProviding training on environmental information technologySharing information technology for sustainable developmentAssisting decision-makers in use of environmental informationFacilitating access to environmental data collection technologyUsing new techniques of data collection on sustainable developmentApplying sustainable development indicators for the global commonsImproving ability to analyse information on sustainable developmentUsing sustainable development indicators in satellite accounts and national accountsIncorporating sustainable development indicators in international reports and databasesProviding local communities with environmental know-howDeveloping guidelines and mechanisms for rapid transfer of environmental information technologyStrengthening national capacities to collect, assess and use environmental data in decision-making Values:
GapDevelopmentUndevelopedInformationUnsustainableDisinformationMisinformationOverdevelopmentUnderdevelopment Organizations:
European Environment Agency Powerful Information Subjects:
Information → Information Information → Data, codes
Development → Sustainable development
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
