I Wouldn't invest based upon an 'agenda' that is both voluntary as to compliance and which has conspiracy theory fueled opposition.
See The Kyoto Protocol for what can happen. However there are broader trends within both measures that can certainly provide investment opportunities.
Look for 'agenda' and 'protocol' ETF's soon. LOL!
See The Kyoto Protocol for what can happen. However there are broader trends within both measures that can certainly provide investment opportunities.
Look for 'agenda' and 'protocol' ETF's soon. LOL!
Quote:Implementation
The Commission on Sustainable Development acts as a high-level forum on sustainable development and has acted as preparatory committee for summits and sessions on the implementation of Agenda 21. The UN Division for Sustainable Development acts as the secretariat to the Commission and works "within the context of" Agenda 21.
Implementation by member states remains voluntary, and its adoption has varied.
Opposition[edit]
Anti-Agenda 21 conspiracy theories have circulated in the U.S.; some Tea Party movement activists and others promoted the notion that Agenda 21 was part of a UN plot to deny property rights, undermine U.S. sovereignty, or force citizens to move to cities.[17][18][4][12][19]
Activists believed that the non-binding UN resolution was "the linchpin in a plot to subjugate humanity under an eco-totalitarian regime."[18] The conspiracy theory had its roots in anti-environmentalist ideology and opposition to land-use regulation.[19]
Agenda 21 fears have played a role in opposition to local government's efforts to promote resource and land conservation, build bike lanes, and construct hubs for public transportation.[17] The non-profit group ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability USA was targeted by anti-Agenda 21 activists.[17]
In 2012 Glenn Beck co-wrote a dystopian novel titled Agenda 21 based in part on concepts discussed in the UN plan.[20][21][22] In the same year, fears of Agenda 21 "went mainstream" when the Republican National Committee adopted a platform resolution stated that "We strongly reject the U.N. Agenda 21 as erosive of American sovereignty."[23][18]
Several state and local governments have considered or passed motions and legislation opposing Agenda 21.[4][12][18] Most such bills failed, "either dying in committee, getting defeated on the statehouse floor or – in the case of Missouri's 2013 bill – getting vetoed by the governor."[18]
In Texas, for example, broadly worded legislation that would prohibit any governmental entity from accepting from or granting money to any "nongovernmental or intergovernmental organization accredited by the United Nations to implement a policy that originated in the Agenda 21 plan" was defeated because it could have cut off funding for groups such as 4-H, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Texas Wildlife Association.
[18] In Arizona, a similarly sweeping bill was introduced in the Arizona State Legislature seeking to mandate that the state could not "adopt or implement the creed, doctrine, or principles or any tenet" of Agenda 21 and to prohibit the state "implementing programs of, expending any sum of money for, being a member of, receiving funding from, contracting services from, or giving financial or other forms of aid to" an array of sustainability organizations.[18] The bill, which was opposed by the state chamber of commerce and the mayor of Phoenix, was defeated in 2012.[18]
Alabama was one state that did adopt an anti-Agenda 21 resolution, unanimously passing in 2012 a measure to block "any future effort to 'deliberately or inadvertently infringe or restrict private property rights without due process, as may be required by policy recommendations originating in, or traceable to 'Agenda 21.'"[18
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