Applying standards to ensure data compatibility

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 this strategy particularly with respect to water quality, supply and demand.

1. Establishing standards
2. Applying standards

1. Standardizing national census data
2. Harmonizing climate and environmental data
3. Developing environmental law databases
4. Coordinating standardization of social data

1. Assessing water quality
2. Agreeing standards for information exchange on transboundary air pollution

1. Incompatibility
2. Compatibility