The "Agenda – 21" of Rio Summit, 1992 is related to -

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Correct — B, Sustainable development. ‘Agenda 21’ is the non-binding global action plan adopted at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio ‘Earth Summit’) in 1992. It is a comprehensive blueprint for action by governments and civil society to achieve sustainable development in the 21st century (the ‘21’ refers to the coming century). So Agenda 21 is fundamentally about sustainable development.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Protection of the ozone layer is governed by the Vienna Convention (1985) and the Montreal Protocol (1987), not by Agenda 21 of the Rio Summit.  (c) The polluter-pays principle appears as Principle 16 of the Rio Declaration — a companion document of the same summit — but Agenda 21 itself is the broad action plan for sustainable development, not that single principle.  (d) Environmental education is only one theme (Chapter 36) within Agenda 21; the document as a whole is an action plan for sustainable development, so ‘environmental education’ is too narrow.

Concept: The 1992 Rio ‘Earth Summit’ (UN Conference on Environment and Development, UNCED) produced several outcomes: the Rio Declaration (27 principles), Agenda 21, the Statement of Forest Principles, and it opened the UNFCCC and the Convention on Biological Diversity for signature. Agenda 21 is the summit’s detailed, voluntary action programme for global, national and local sustainable development.

State PCS 2023 Q117 — Environment & Ecology PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q117 — Environment & Ecology PYQ with Answer