Concept

UN Conference on Sustainable Development

Properties

Alt label
  • Earth Summit 2012
  • Rio 2012
  • Rio plus 20
SES ID
  • 346841
  • 346840
  • 346843
  • 346845
Notation
  • 346841
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Definition
  • Third international conference on sustainable development aimed at reconciling the economic and environmental goals of the global community. Hosted by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro from 13 to 22 June 2012, Rio+20 was a 20-year follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit / United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in the same city, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg.