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🌱 Environment & EcologyUPSC 2010Sustainable Development

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty drawn at:

aUnited Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972
bUN ‘Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992
cWorld Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002
dUN Climate’ Change Conference, Copenhagen, 2009
✓ Correct answer: b) UN ‘Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992
ExplanationThe United Nations Framework Convention on Cli- mate Change (UNFCCC) was drawn up at the UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992. This conference, also known as the Earth Summit, set the foundation for global cooperation on climate change and sustainable devel- opment.118

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