Examining how populations respond to environmental changes

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.

1. Socio-demographic research should be conducted on how populations respond to a changing environment.

1. Studying human dimensions of environmental change
2. Strengthening research to build demographic factors into local sustainable development programmes

1. Changeableness