strategy
Including environmental management in activities of local authorities
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 promoting the inclusion of integrated environmental management into general local government activities.
Broader:
Managing the environmentStrengthening local governmentsBuilding capacity for environmental managementDelegating sustainable development to appropriate levelStrengthening role of local authorities in sustainable development Facilitates:
Developing local environmental health action plansEnsuring local authorities use environmentally sound building materials Facilitated by:
Providing incentives to local authorities to recycle wastes Values:
NonlocalMismanagement Subjects:
Action → Action Government → Municipalities
Management → Management
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
