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Q43 (IAS/2015) Environment & Ecology › Climate Change & Global Initiatives › Sustainable development framework Official Key

What is Rio+20 Conference, often mentioned in the news?

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The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012.[1] This clearly establishes that Rio+20 is another name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, making option A correct.

Rio+20 re-energised the political commitment to sustainable development and its dimensions on economic growth, social improvement and environmental protection. Rio+20 focused on the Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and to develop an institutional framework for sustainable development.[1] The conference had two main themes: green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and the institutional framework for sustainable development.

The other options are incorrect. Rio+20 was not a WTO ministerial meeting, nor was it specifically a conference of the IPCC or the Convention on Biological Diversity, although climate change and biodiversity were discussed as part of the broader sustainable development agenda at the conference.

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  1. [1] Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 21: Sustainable Development and Climate Change > Ro+20 > p. 598
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Q. What is Rio+20 Conference, often mentioned in the news? [A] It is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development [B] It is a …
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This question proves that 'Current Affairs' in Environment has a long tail. Rio+20 happened in 2012, but was asked in 2015 because it established the framework for the SDGs. Major global summits remain 'hot' topics for 3-5 years until their outcomes (like SDGs) are fully operationalized.

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Was the Rio+20 Conference the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development?
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Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 21: Sustainable Development and Climate Change > Ro+20 > p. 598
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“The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012. Rio+20 re-energised the political commitment to sustainable development and its dimensions on economic growth, social improvement and environmental protection. Rio+20 focused on the Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and to develop an institutional framework for sustainable development.”
Why this source?
  • Explicitly names the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development as 'UNCSD or Rio+20'.
  • Specifies location and timing (Rio de Janeiro, June 2012) and links Rio+20 to sustainable development themes.
Environment, Shankar IAS Acedemy .(ed 10th) > Chapter 29: Environment Issues and Health Effects > fuo+zo > p. 427
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“• The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 4-6, 2012. • The first UN Conference on Sustainable Development was the "Earth Summit", held in 1992, and it spawned the three "Rio Conventions" - thE UNFCCC, thc UNCCD, ANd thc UNCBD.”
Why this source?
  • Refers to 'The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development' to be held in Rio de Janeiro on specific June 2012 dates.
  • Places Rio+20 in the sequence of UN sustainable development conferences, connecting it to earlier Earth Summit history.
Environment, Shankar IAS Acedemy .(ed 10th) > Chapter 28: International Organisation and Conventions > History of the United Nations Environment Assembly > p. 387
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“The United Nations Environment Assembly was created in June 2012 at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20) as a measure to strengthen and upgrade UN Environment. The establishment of the Environment Assembly was the culmination of decades of international efforts, initiated at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972 and aimed at creating a coherent system of international environmental governance. The first and second sessions of the UN Environment Assembly tackled and adopted resolutions on major issues of illegal trade in wildlife, air quality, environmental rule of law, financing the Green Economy, the Sustainable Development Goals, and "delivering on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" The Third Environment Assembly took place in 2017.”
Why this source?
  • States that the United Nations Environment Assembly was created in June 2012 at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20).
  • Links RIO+20 explicitly with institutional outcomes at the UN level, confirming its identity as UNCSD.
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