What is Rio+20 Conference, often mentioned in the news?
- (a) It is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development ✓ UPSC's answer
- (b) It is a Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization
- (c) It is a Conference of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
- (d) It is a Conference of the Member Countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Why the answer is (a)
• Rio+20 was the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held at Rio de Janeiro in June 2012, twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit — option (a).
• Its outcome document 'The Future We Want' launched the process that produced the Sustainable Development Goals and promoted the green economy.
• It was not a WTO (b), IPCC (c) or CBD (d) meeting.
• Hence option (a).
Why the other options are wrong
- (b) It is a Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization
- Rio+20 was not a WTO ministerial.
- (c) It is a Conference of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
- It was not an IPCC conference.
- (d) It is a Conference of the Member Countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity
- It was not a CBD conference of parties.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2015, held on 23 August 2015. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.