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Advancing environmentally sound technology and management systems

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.

Broader

Supporting use of environmentally sound technology
Presentable
Improving planning and management systems
Unpresentable
Maintaining social management
Yet to rate

Narrower

Using integrated pest management
Excellent
Ensuring sustainable agricultural development
Excellent
Creating waste recycling structures
Excellent
Applying culture-based knowledge systems
Excellent
Promoting a circular economy
Presentable
Maximizing use of information on chemicals management
Presentable
Integrating energy management
Presentable
Improving forest resource management
Presentable
Advancing industrial environmental management
Presentable
Standardizing environmental management
Yet to rate
Providing waste management information to global information systems
Yet to rate
Managing wild renewable resources through local communities
Yet to rate
Improving coordination of waste management programmes in the United Nations system
Yet to rate
Establishing global monitoring system for mountain zone management
Yet to rate
Developing transport telematics
Yet to rate
Developing environmentally sound technologies
Yet to rate

Facilitates

Managing natural resources
Presentable
Providing integrated pollution control
Yet to rate

Facilitated by

Studying global change
Presentable
Using biological techniques for ecosystem management
Yet to rate
Undertaking pilot projects to improve urban data collection and management systems
Yet to rate
Strengthening scientific advice in the United Nations system
Yet to rate
Indicating need for resource planning
Yet to rate
Educating in natural systems, ecosystems and resource management
Yet to rate
Developing control systems
Yet to rate

Related

Increasing the number of women in senior management posts in the United Nations system
Yet to rate

Value

Unused
Yet to rate
Underuse
Yet to rate
Mismanagement
Yet to rate
Abuse
Yet to rate

Reference

Krut, Riva and Gleckman, Harris: ISO 14001 : A Missed Opportunity for Sustainable Global Industrial Development

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
  • Cybernetics » Systems
  • Environment » Environment
  • Management » Management
  • Research, standards » Research
  • Technology » Technology
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J7166
    DOCID
    12071660
    D7NID
    200307
    Last update
    Dec 2, 2022