UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2018

The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a UN mechanism to assist countries transition towards greener and more inclusive economies, emerged at:

  1. The Earth Summit on Sustainable Development 2002, Johannesburg
  2. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio de Janeiro
  3. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2015, Paris
  4. The World Sustainable Development Summit 2016, New Delhi

Answer

Correct Answer

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio de Janeiro

Explanation

PAGE emerged from the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (2012) and was launched in 2013.

Topics: environment and ecology, international environmental initiatives, partnership for action on green economy (page), un sustainability mechanisms