The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a UN mechanism to assist countries transition towards greener and more inclusive economies, emerged at
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio de Janeiro
PAGE was created as a response to the call made at Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 2012, and was launched in 2013. It brings UN agencies together to help countries build greener, more inclusive economies.
- ✓ (b) The UN describes PAGE as launched in 2013 in response to the call at Rio+20, whose outcome document 'The Future We Want' recognised the green economy as a route to sustainable development.
- ✗ (a) The 2002 Johannesburg summit came ten years before PAGE's origin and is not linked to it.
- ✗ (c) The 2015 Paris climate conference produced the Paris Agreement, two years after PAGE had started.
- ✗ (d) The World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi is an Indian conference series; it is not a UN conference and did not give rise to PAGE.
Remember · PAGE is a UN partnership born from Rio+20 (2012) and launched in 2013 to help countries build green, inclusive economies.
Sources
- Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs ↗ “The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) was launched in 2013 as a response to the call at Rio+20 to support those countries wishing to embark on greener and more inclusive growth trajectories.”
- New Green Economy Partnership Responds to Rio+20 Call for Action (UNEP press release, 19 Feb 2013) ↗ “The new Partnership for Action on Green Economy, or PAGE, is a response to the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)”
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