Local Agenda 21

Local Agenda 21 program untuk menubuhkan perkongsian antara pihak berkuasa tempatan, masyarakat dan syarikat perniagaan untuk membincangakan, mendapat kata sepakat, merancang dan selepas itu bertindak terhadap isu-isu pembangunan mampan yang mempengaruhi kehidupan mereka.

Local Agenda 21 lahir daripada Persidangan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu tentang Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan (UNCED), yang lebih dikenali sebagai Sidang Kemuncak Bumi (Earth Summit), yang diadakan di Rio de Janeiro pada bulan Jun 1992.

178 negara termasuk Malaysia, menghadiri persidangan itu dan telah menyokong keputusan sidang yang termasuk Agenda 21, sebuah cetakan biru untuk pembangunan global yang mampan.

 

Local Agenda 21

Local Agenda 21 is a program to forge partnerships between local authorities, communities and businesses to discuss, to seek consensus, to plan and then to act on sustainable development issues that affect their lives.

Local Agenda 21 was born out of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) popularly known as the Earth Summit, which was held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992.

179 countries including Malaysia attended this conference and adopted its findings which included Agenda 21, a blueprint for global sustainable development.