Activity 4: Earth Summit

1. The Earth Summit is the UN conference on Development and the environment. 2. The UN organised the Earth Summit. 3. The first Earth Summit was held in 1992. 4. It was held in Rio de Janeiro. 5. Johannesburg, 2002. 6. It is a United Nations conference held to discuss environmental, development and energy issues. 7. Future development must be sustainable. Development must be eco-friendly. Countries need to work together to protect the earth’s eco-system. 8. If left unchecked, the population of the world will use up natural resources in a non-sustainable way. By having these conferences, the countries of the world are better able to map out the consumption of resources on a global scale and respond accordingly in order to make sure that the consumption is as sustainable as possible. 9. To an extent. 10 years after the conference, the goals hadn’t yet been met and the efforts had to be re-doubled. 10. The conference encompasses plans for sustainable development. Agenda 21: Blueprint that outlines protocols that must be followed to ensure sustainability of resources.

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