strategy
Developing safer alternatives to dangerous materials
Context:
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 and developing mechanisms for the safe production, management and use of dangerous materials, formulating programmes to substitute safer alternatives for them, where appropriate. Broader:
Demonstrating alternativesEstablishing chemical risk reduction programmesMaking the world a safer place Facilitates:
Producing safe toys Values:
Dangerous Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → MaterialSocietal Problems → Safety
Societal Problems → Hazards
Development → Development
Innovative change → Alternatives
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
