UPSC Prelims 2018 · Question 83 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2018 question on PAGE Green Economy Partnership
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2018
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectEnvironment and Ecology
- TopicEnvironmental Organisations
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeDirect
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a UN mechanism to assist countries transition towards greener and more inclusive economies, emerged at
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Answer: B. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio de Janeiro
Analysis
PAGE emerged at the 2012 Rio conference, so the answer is (b).
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy was launched in 2013 as a response to the call at Rio+20 to support countries wishing to embark on greener and more inclusive growth trajectories. It seeks to put sustainability at the heart of economic policies and practices in support of the 2030 Agenda, helping countries reframe policy to foster growth, create jobs, reduce poverty and inequality, and strengthen the ecological foundations of their economies. It brings together five UN agencies: UN Environment, the International Labour Organization, the UN Development Programme, the UN Industrial Development Organization and the UN Institute for Training and Research.
Option (c) is the closest distractor, since Paris 2015 is the most famous recent climate meeting, but PAGE predates it and concerns green economy transition rather than emissions commitments.
Source
Official PAGE website, About section.
How to crack it
Match the initiative's subject to the conference's subject. PAGE is about green economy and inclusive growth, which is sustainable development language rather than climate negotiation language, so it belongs to a sustainable development conference rather than a UNFCCC meeting. Note also that the launch year, 2013, sits immediately after Rio+20, and UN mechanisms typically launch within a year of the summit that called for them.
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