strategy
Strengthening national capacities to collect, assess and use environmental data in decision-making
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 all countries, particularly developing countries, with international cooperation, should strengthen their capacity to collect, store, organize, assess and use data in decision-making more effectively. Broader:
Strengthening capacityExtending scope of environmental data collectionCollecting environmental data Facilitates:
Bridging data gap for sustainable developmentIntegrating environment and development in decision-making Values:
AbuseUnusedUnderuseIndecision Subjects:
Information → Data, codesCommerce → Assessment
Environment → Environment
Policy-making → Policy
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
