Welcome to Local Agenda 21: Think Global, Act Local     Go to our Greening Brent pages There are many threats to the present and future well-being of our environment. In response to these problems, the first 'Earth Summit' was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.   Over 150 nation states agreed to an international plan of action for sustainable development. This committed local councils throughout the world to work with their communities in drawing up their own 'Local Agenda 21' strategies. The idea was that through thinking and working locally, the results can be global in scale.   There has since been another Summit in Jahannesburg in 2002 in which the aims and pledges of the original summit and LA21 proposals were re-stated.   Over much of the past decade in Brent a number of successful activities and initiatives were carried out under the banner of LA21. Through the original LA21 Action Plan, a sound basis was provided for a number of initiatives and policies which have now been incorporated into mainstream decision-making.   To find out more about what we do now, go to our Greening Brent pages. Full text of the UNCED Rio Declaration >> Deutsche Ellhnikh Italiano Espaņol Local Agenda 21 in Brent Areas of concern Brent's first step in developing Local Agenda 21 was the publication of two documents in May 1997: A comprehensive study of where we were then, which was published as the State of the Environment Report. What our targets were and how we intended to reach them. This was summarized as an Action Plan, which contained details of specific projects and contacts. 1999 update >> (367k PDF) 2001 update >> (975k PDF) Achievements >> Local Agenda 21 successes by Brent Council and local groups so far Built Environment Community Safety Education & Awareness Energy Health Open Spaces Pollution Regeneration & Economy Transport Waste Water   Many of the files on this site are in PDF format. Click here to download Acrobat Reader.

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