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GS Paper 3:
Syllabus: Conservation related issues.
Context:
The 50th anniversary of the Stockholm conference is being observed.
About the Stockholm conference:
- The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm between June 5 to June 16, 1972.
- It was the first such worldwide convergence on planetary environment, with the theme ‘Only One Earth’.
- It resulted in the Stockholm Declaration which contained principles and an Action Plan containing recommendations for environmental policy.
The three dimensions of this conference were:
- Countries agreeing not to “harm each other’s environment or the areas beyond national jurisdiction”.
- An action plan to study the threat to Earth’s environment.
- Establishment of an international body called the UN Environment programme (UNEP) to bring in cooperation among countries.
Significance and outcomes of the Stockholm Conference:
- Until 1972, no country had an environment ministry.
- Norwegian delegates returned from the conference to set up a ministry for the environment.
- India set up its ministry of environment and forest in 1985.
Insta Curious:
- Did you know that Stockholm Conference is also known as the Swedish Initiative?
- It is because in 1968 Sweden first proposed the idea of the Stockholm conference.
Q.6) The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty drawn at:
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- United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972.
- UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992.
- World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002.
- UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, 2009.
Sources: Down to Earth.
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