strategy
Increasing cooperation on environmentally sound technology
Synonyms:
Assisting implementation of environmentally sound technology Context:
Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) encompass technologies that have the potential for significantly improved environmental performance relative to other technologies. Broadly speaking, these technologies protect the environment, are less polluting, use resources in a sustainable manner, recycle more of their wastes and products, and handle all residual wastes in a more environmentally acceptable way than the technologies for which they are substitutes. Furthermore, as argued in Chapter 34 of Agenda 21, Environmentally Sound Technologies are not just "individual technologies, but total systems which include know-how, procedures, goods and services, and equipment as well as organizational and managerial procedures.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 support be provided for programmes of cooperation and assistance, including those provided by UN agencies, international organizations and other appropriate public and private organizations, in particular to developing countries, in the areas of research and development, technological and human resources capacity-building in the fields of training, maintenance, national technology needs assessments, environmental impact assessment and sustainable development planning.
Narrower:
Improving technology assessment networkFinancing science and technology for developmentFacilitating return to developing countries of qualified expertsFinancing environmentally sound technologies in developing countriesEnhancing international networks for environmentally sound technologyStrengthening technology information exchange among developing countriesImproving capacity for environmentally sound technology needs assessmentSupporting cross-sectoral partnerships on environmentally sound technologyCompensating developing countries for use of environmentally sound technologiesIncreasing support for technological research and development on the environmentIdentifying technological needs and priorities of developing countries for external aidTransferring environmentally sound management industrial practice through joint venturesSupporting joint ventures between producers and users of environmentally sound technologyCooperating on environmentally sound technology among enterprises in developed and developing countries Facilitates:
Promoting environmentally sound technologiesFacilitating transfer of environmentally sound technologies Facilitated by:
Monitoring technical developments in national environmental action plansIncreasing industrial cooperation to control transboundary water pollution Subjects:
Technology → Technology Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
