Agenda 21
United Nations action plan, 1992
Why this is trending
Interest in “Agenda 21” spiked on Wikipedia on 2026-02-25.
Categorised under Politics & Government, this article fits a familiar pattern. In the political arena, trending patterns usually correspond to legislative developments, summits, or emerging controversies.
GlyphSignal tracks these patterns daily, turning raw Wikipedia traffic data into a curated feed of what the world is curious about. Every spike tells a story.
Key Takeaways
- Agenda 21 is a non-binding action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
- It is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world that can be executed at local, national, and global levels.
- Its aim initially was to achieve global sustainable development by 2000, with the "21" in Agenda 21 referring to the original target of the 21st century.
Agenda 21 is a non-binding action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. It is a product of the Earth Summit (UN Conference on Environment and Development) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992. It is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world that can be executed at local, national, and global levels. One major objective of the Agenda 21 initiative is that every local government should draw its own local Agenda 21. Its aim initially was to achieve global sustainable development by 2000, with the "21" in Agenda 21 referring to the original target of the 21st century.
Structure
Agenda 21 is grouped into 4 sections:
Content sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0
