strategy
Setting priorities for chemicals risk reduction programmes
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 collaborating to develop common criteria to determine which chemicals are suitable candidates for concerted risk reduction activities. Broader:
Establishing chemical risk reduction programmesIdentifying priorities for national environmental action plans Values:
RiskReductionRisk-aversion Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → ChemicalsSocietal Problems → Hazards
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies