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UPSC Prelims 1998 · General Studies

Question 101: Environment and Ecology

World Environment Conference to discuss global warming was held in 1997 in

aStockholm
bRio de Janeiro
cParis
dKyoto

AnswerThe answer is (d).

The conference on global warming in December 1997 was held in Kyoto, Japan (the third Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), and it adopted the Kyoto Protocol, which set binding targets on greenhouse gas emissions for industrialised countries. Stockholm hosted the 1972 UN conference on the human environment, and Rio de Janeiro the 1992 Earth Summit.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Stockholm hosted the 1972 UN conference on the human environment.
  • (b) Rio de Janeiro hosted the 1992 Earth Summit.
  • (c) Paris did not host the 1997 conference.
  • (d) Right: Kyoto, Japan, December 1997.

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