Agenda 21 is a program of action for Sustainable Development established in 1992 at the Rio Summit de Janeiro, Brazil. The number 21 is the 21st century. This text has been signed by 173 countries. It highlights the need to fight against poverty, environmental degradation and the development of a solidarity economy. Since 1992, Agenda 21 are born worldwide.
source of the map: http://www.agenda21france.org/images/cartes/map_europe.jpg
About 300 organizers 21 are in place in France. In the Loire, this is the case, for example Angers, Nantes .... They can be driven by regions, departments, municipalities or intermunicipal (Communities of metropolitan, urban community, a community of Commons).
Click on the document below to see the Agenda 21 at different scales in France
To grow sustainably, we must reconcile three spheres: environmental, social and economic
- limit the negative impact of our activities on the environment,
- promote the well being of all,
- ensuring economic strength.
- promote the well being of all,
- ensuring economic strength.
source schema: http://www.cpns.fr/Dossiers%% 20actifs/Agenda 2021/Devlpt-dur-schema.jpg
protocol Kyoto is the result of negotiations following the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. It was signed 11 December 1997 and entered into force February 16, 2005. It sets quotas for each country's emissions of greenhouse gases, expressed in tonnes of CO2. The 183 signatory countries have made commitments on emissions of greenhouse gas emissions:
Click on the document below to see the problems of emissions of greenhouse gases at different scales
In 2008, a global market for emission rights is born:
- If a country emits less gas than its quota, it obtains the rights issue. These rights are expressed in CO ² the difference between the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by this country and the quota to be met.
- If a country exceeds its quota of several tons of CO2, he can buy emission rights to another country, thus avoiding punishment.
Since 2005, this market already exists between the major European companies. So the richest countries like the U.S. can buy a right to pollute!
greenhouse gases s wanders (GHGs) are gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. The increase in their concentration in the atmosphere is causing global warming. The main greenhouse gases emitted by human activity are:
- water vapor (H2O),
- carbon dioxide (CO2);
- methane (CH4);
- nitrous oxide ( or N2O);
- ozone (O3)
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A flash animation of AFP explaining the greenhouse effect: a natural phenomenon amplified by human activity (thank you David Landry me have reported). This article
Futura-Sciences explains the dangers caused by global warming http://www.futura-sciences.com/fr/environnement/focus/rechauffement-climatique/
The French portal of the Agenda 21: http://www.agenda21france.org/
Agenda 21 of the region Pays de la Loire: http://www.paysdelaloire.fr/agenda21/
Agenda 21 of the Herbaria: http://www.cc-paysdesherbiers.fr/index.jsp?id=227&key=S9L12R13R24R27R195P227&xsl=templates/page_contenu_dvp_durable.xsl
Agenda 21 explained by CPNS: http://www.cpns.fr/Dossiers 20actifs/Agenda%%%% 2021 2021/Agenda 20accueil.htm
Emmanuel Maugard
