Question

The first Earth Summit was held in 1992 at :

• A. Paris
• B. New York
• C. Kyoto
• D. Rio de Janerio

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Rio de Janerio

• The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), popularly known as the Earth Summit, was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 3 to 14, 1992.

• It was a massive gathering of 172 governments and thousands of NGOs to address urgent problems regarding environmental protection and socio-economic development.

• The summit resulted in several groundbreaking documents and legally binding agreements that still shape global environmental policy today: