“The future generation may not have sufficient resources as compared to the present generation”. Justify
the statement by giving suitable examples. Write the major features of Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, 1992.
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Present sources of energy in India are coal, petroleum, natural gas, solar energy, wind energy, hydel power, electricity, wood for fire, cow dung etc. Most of these are non-renewable sources of energy which may get exhausted after some time. These are available in limited quantities. The present rate of consumption is higher than the rate at which these resources are being replenished and should be preserved for our future generations.
1) In 1992,100 heads of States met in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, for the first ‘International Earth Summit’.
2)The summit was convened for addressing urgent problems of:
•environmental protection and
•socio-economic development at global level.
3) The assembled leaders signed the Declaration on Global Climatic Change and the Biological Diversity.
4) The Rio convention endorsed the global Forest Principles and adopted ‘Agenda 21’ for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century. It is an agenda to combat environmental damage, poverty and diseases through global co-operation on common interests, mutual needs and shared responsibilities.