What was the ‘Earth Summit’? How far did the summit prove to be useful? Explain.
Earth Summit was a conference on environment and development held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in June 1992.
Benefits of Earth Summit :-
(i) This Summit produced conventions dealing with climate change, biodiversity and forestry.
(ii) It recommended a list of development practices called Agenda 21. (iii) Under this list there was consensus on combining economic growth with ecological responsibility, known as sustainable development.