🌱 Environment & EcologyUPSC 2018Sustainable Development

The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a UN mechanism to assist countries transition towards greener and more inclusive economies, emerged at

aThe Earth Summit on Sustainable Development 2002, Johannesburg
bThe United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio de Janeiro
cThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change 2015, Paris
dThe World Sustainable Development Summit 2016, New Delhi
✓ Correct answer: b) The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio de Janeiro
ExplanationPartnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) is a direct response to the Rio+20 Declaration, The Future We Want i.e. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable De- velopment 2012, Rio de Janeiro.PAGE serves as a framework to coordinate UN efforts in the green economy and to help na- tions meet and track the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals.The partnership aims to place sustainability at the core of economic policies and practices, thereby advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.It supports countries in re- shaping their economic policies around sustainability to foster growth, create jobs, reduce poverty and inequality, and strength- en ecological foundations.161

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