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Prelims 2018 · Q83 · Climate agreements & summits

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. PAGE was launched in 2013 as a direct response to the call in 'The Future We Want', the outcome of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, 2012. So option B.

Watch for: Paris 2015 is the most famous climate meeting, but PAGE grew from Rio+20's green economy agenda.

Why the other options are wrong
  • A. Wrong because Johannesburg 2002 came before PAGE was proposed.
  • C. Wrong because PAGE was launched in 2013, before Paris 2015.
  • D. Wrong because the 2016 New Delhi summit is unrelated to PAGE's origin.

Source to check: PAGE official website (un-page.org), 'About PAGE'; UN 'The Future We Want' (Rio+20 outcome document, 2012)

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