GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development-or Rio+20-took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20-22 June 2012. It resulted in a focused political outcome document which contains clear and practical measures for implementing sustainable development.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hosted by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro from 13 to 22 June 2012, Rio+20 was a 20-year follow-up to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in the same city, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg.

Detailed explanation-3: -Popularly known as the ‘Earth Summit’, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held on 3-14 June 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marked the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972.

Detailed explanation-4: -SDSN Brazil hosts its 2022 Annual Conference, RIO+30: The Transformation in Education Since the 1992 Rio Summit. On October 26th, SDSN Brazil hosted its 2022 Annual Conference, RIO+30: The Transformation in Education Since the 1992 Rio Summit.

Detailed explanation-5: -Twenty years after the 1992 ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio de Janeiro, the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (also known as Rio+20) resulted in a document containing clear and practical steps for the implementation of sustainable development.