Question

advantages and disadvantages of agenda 21 ​

Answer 1

The United Nations' Agenda 21 is a non-binding action plan for sustainable development. It was born out of the 1992 Earth Summit (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Adavantages of Agenda 21:

• Agenda 21 also acknowledges the interconnectedness of environmental, social, health, and economic challenges, emphasising that everyone has the right to food, health care, shelter, and education.

• Agenda 21 proposes new means for various groups to participate in the decision-making process.

Disadvantages of Agenda 21:

• Some aspects of Agenda 21 have been substantially unsuccessful, if not outright failures. Consumption and production habits, for example, are unsustainable internationally.

• Despite the fact that resource use per unit of global economic production has decreased dramatically over the previous 25 years3 (by roughly 5%),