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Agenda 21

Agenda 21 is an Agenda for the 21st Century, which was a plan drawn up and agreed in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Over 120 nations signed up to Agenda 21, an agenda for sustainable development.

Sustainable development considers the impact on our future, of the balance between environmental, economic and social issues of today's activities, policies and new developments.

The Agenda 21 agreement covers a wide range of issues and gives responsibilities to different groups. This includes an obligation for local councils all over the world to draw up and implement Local Agenda 21 plans. Part of this Local Agenda 21 process is concerned with engaging the local community and raising awareness of issues relating to sustainability such as energy efficiency, recycling, transport and water and environmental conservation.

In Great Yarmouth, Local Agenda 21 issues are currently addressed through the 'Community Strategy'. The Great Yarmouth Local Strategic Partnership is the partnership team that monitors and targets against this strategy.

The Borough Council is currently working towards adoption of an Environmental Management System (EMS) which will monitor procurement, energy usage, the disposal and recycling of its businness waste and sustainability of its working practices. It is hoped that this system will be up and running during 2006.

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