Write a short notes of the following in 100 words .
a) Rio Summit
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The Rio Summit was held Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June
1992. It is also known as the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development, Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, the Rio Conference, or the Earth
Summit.
172 governments participated in the conference. It was
attended by 2,400 representatives of non-governmental organizations with 17,000
people at the parallel NGO "Global Forum" who had Consultative
Status.
The issues discussed included a systematic scrutiny of
patterns of production of toxic components like lead in gasoline, poisonous
waste including radioactive chemicals. The alternative sources of energy to
replace the use of fossil fuels, and new reliance on public transportation
systems in order to reduce vehicle emissions were also discussed. The growing
usage and limited supply of water was included in the discussions.
An agreement on the Climate Change Convention was an important achievement of the summit. The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature.
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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 (Portuguese: ECO92), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June in 1992.
Earth Summit was created as a response for Member States to cooperate together internationally on development issues after the Cold War. Due to issues relating to sustainability being too big for individual member states to handle, Earth Summit was held as a platform for other Member States to collaborate. Since the creation, many others in the field of sustainability show a similar development to the issues discussed in these conferences, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs).[1]
In 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was also held in Rio, and is also commonly called Rio+20 or Rio Earth Summit 2012. It was held from 13 to 22 June.
The issues addressed included:
systematic scrutiny of patterns of production — particularly the production of toxic components, such as lead in gasoline, or poisonous waste including radioactive chemicals
alternative sources of energy to replace the use of fossil fuels which delegates linked to global climate change
new reliance on public transportation systems in order to reduce vehicle emissions, congestion in cities and the health problems caused by polluted air and smoke
the growing usage and limited supply of water
An important achievement of the summit was an agreement on the Climate Change Convention which in turn led to the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. Another agreement was to "not to carry out any activities on the lands of indigenous peoples that would cause environmental degradation or that would be culturally inappropriate".
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