UPSC Ecology And Environment Terms, Conventions, Policies and Reports Question Bank Terms, Conventions, Policies And Reports

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    The declaration reached at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2010 is also called the:

    A) Cancun Agreement

    B) Rio Declaration

    C) Kyoto Protocol

    D) Treaty on Nuclear Disarmament

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. The conference is officially referred to as the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 6th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (CMP 6) to the Kyoto Protocol. Earth Summit 1992 was the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), commonly known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference. The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol (update) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It was initially adopted on 11 December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. The international efforts to promote nuclear non-proliferation started after the World War II. At that time, there was only nuclear arsenal of the world in United States. A Baruch Plan was proposed in US in 1946 which recommended the verifiable dismantlement and destruction of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.


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