Increasing public awareness of sustainable development

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 that countries should encourage non-governmental organizations to increase their involvement in environmental and development problems, through joint awareness initiatives and improved interchange with other constituencies in society.

1. Implementing programmes
2. Advocating sustainable development

1. Using audiovisual methods to increase awareness of environmental issues in rural areas
2. Supporting environmentally sound leisure and tourism activities
3. Stressing role of family in environmental activities
4. Providing public access to environmental information
5. Providing educational media for the young on sustainable development
6. Producing TV and radio programmes for environmental awareness
7. Networking the environment and development arena
8. Mobilizing people in public awareness programmes for sustainable development
9. Involving local people in raising public awareness on the environment
10. Increasing public participation in environmental policy discussions
11. Increasing public awareness of the impact of violence in society
12. Including sustainable development issues in journalistic education
13. Expanding role of children and youth in sustainable development
14. Expanding public awareness programmes for sustainable development
15. Enlisting media cooperation on the environment
16. Enhancing environmental awareness
17. Disseminating environmental knowledge using local customs
18. Developing environmental education material
19. Desseminating environmental news online
20. Coordinating international sustainable development information programmes
21. Assisting education institutions to contribute more to public environmental awareness programmes
22. Assessing impact of public awareness programmes for sustainable development

1. Promoting scientific and technology culture
2. Improving delivery of public awareness programmes in United Nations system
3. Improving access to sustainable development information
4. Disseminating information on sustainable development
5. Creating advisory bodies on public information for sustainable development
6. Bridging data gap for sustainable development

1. Unsustainable
2. Undeveloped
3. Underdevelopment
4. Unaware
5. Overdevelopment
6. Development
7. Awareness