UPSC Prelims 2015 GS Paper I · Q43 of 100 Environment & Ecology easy

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

  1. (a) It is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development ✓ UPSC's answer
  2. (b) It is a Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization
  3. (c) It is a Conference of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
  4. (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.

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