Correct answer: (a) It is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
Explanation
- A
It is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
(a) It is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Rio+20 (Rio de Janeiro, 2012) was the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit. That is the official key.
- B
It is a Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization
(b) It is a Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization. WTO ministerials are separate (e.g. Doha, Bali). Not Rio+20.
- C
It is a Conference of the Inter Government Panel on Climate Change.
(c) It is a Conference of the Inter Government Panel on Climate Change. IPCC plenaries adopt assessment reports; they are not branded Rio+20.
- D
It is a Conference of the Member Countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
(d) It is a Conference of the Member Countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity. CBD COPs (Nagoya, Hyderabad) are distinct from Rio+20.
Summary. Official key is (a) It is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Rio+20 met in 2012 in Rio de Janeiro and produced The Future We Want. It is not a WTO ministerial, an IPCC session, or a CBD COP. Only UNCSD matches the name.
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