Agenda 21

Agenda 21
Cover of the first edition (paperback)
AuthorUnited Nations (1992) 29 years
LanguageEnglish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherUnited Nations
Publication date
23 April 1992
(32 years ago)
 (1992-04-23)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback), HTML, PDF
Pages300 pp
ISBN978-92-1-100509-7

Agenda 21 is a non-binding action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.[1] It is a product of the Earth Summit (UN Conference on Environment and Development) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992. It is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world that can be executed at local, national, and global levels. One major objective of the Agenda 21 initiative is that every local government should draw its own local Agenda 21. Its aim initially was to achieve global sustainable development by 2000, with the "21" in Agenda 21 referring to the original target of the 21st century.[2]

  1. ^ "What is Agenda 21?". ICLEIUSA. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
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