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  1. byjus.com › free-ias-prep › rio-summitRio Summit (1992) - Earth Summit. UPSC Environment & Ecology ...

    The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, Rio Summit, Rio Conference, and Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from 3 to 14 June 1992. 172 governments participated, with 116 sending their heads of state or government.

  2. www.un.org › en › conferencesUnited Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio ...

    Jun 14, 1992 · The 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro brought together 179 countries to discuss the impact of human activities on the environment and the concept of sustainable development. It resulted in Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration, and several international conventions on climate change, biodiversity and forests.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Earth_SummitEarth Summit - Wikipedia

    The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ( UNCED ), also known as the Rio Conference or the Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92, Cúpula da Terra), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992. Earth Summit was created as a means for member states to cooperate together internationally on ...

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  5. ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in › esp13 › chapterEarth Summit – Rio Conference, 1992 – Environmental law and ...

    • Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.
    • States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
    • The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.
    • In order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process and cannot be considered in isolation from it.

  6. unfccc.int › process-and-meetings › the-rio-conventionsThe Rio Conventions | UNFCCC

    New! At UNFCCC COP 28, the Rio Conventions Pavilion Journey will take place as a series of events across the various meetings at the conference. Sessions of the Rio Conventions Pavilion Journey will be held between 30 November and 12 December 2023 inside the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Expo City Dubai. Climate change, desertification and ...

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rio_ConventionRio Convention - Wikipedia

    The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, the Rio Summit, the Rio Conference, and the Earth Summit, took place in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to 14th in 1992. The conference was unprecedented and aimed to reassess economic development to preserve natural resources and ...

  8. www.cbd.int › doc › refRio Declaration on Environment and Development

    The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Having met at Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992, Reaffirming the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, adopted at Stockholm on 16 June 1972, a/ and seeking to build upon it, With the goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership ...

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