Adapting United Nations agencies for Agenda 21: programme coordination and organisational reform
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Principles for sustainable development (SD), formulated by the UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, require new programming for the successful implementation of Agenda 21. Agenda 21 envisages a comprehensive plan to achieve global sustainability, but the unique programming required, and the track record of UN agencies with similar projects in the past cast doubts on its success. The UN has attempted to meet its goal of implementing Agenda 21 by creating a Commission for Sustainable Development, but a radical restructuring of UN agencies will serve the purpose better.
Publication Name: Environmental Politics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0964-4016
Year: 1996
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Implementation of Agenda 21 in China: institutions and obstacles
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There have been a number of barriers in China to the implementation of Agenda 21, which emerged from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio, Brazil, in 1992. The Chinese government is unwilling to encourage the development of the non-governmental sector, and this makes it harder for China to move towards environmentally concerned development. Furthermore, problems with achieving sustainability arise because of conflict between central and regional governments.
Publication Name: Environmental Politics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0964-4016
Year: 1999
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Organisational challenges to sustainable development
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There is widespread acceptance of the concept of sustainable development among countries everywhere. From the international down to the local level, sustainable development is being integrated into regulations while organizations are adopting the concept for their own. The concept as it is used by the UN, the EU, the Swedish government and the city of Lund, Sweden, is evaluated.
Publication Name: Environmental Politics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0964-4016
Year: 1996
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