EX0-111 · Question #87
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development is better known as:
The correct answer is A. Rio Earth Summit. Option A is correct because the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, is officially nicknamed the Rio Earth Summit - "Earth Summit" being the widely recognized shorthand for this landmark environmental conference…
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The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development is better known as:
Options
- ARio Earth Summit.
- BRio Climate Carnival.
- CRio Environmental Conference.
- DRio Global Gathering.
How the community answered
(42 responses)- A93% (39)
- C5% (2)
- D2% (1)
Explanation
Option A is correct because the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, is officially nicknamed the Rio Earth Summit - "Earth Summit" being the widely recognized shorthand for this landmark environmental conference. Options B, C, and D are fabricated names: "Climate Carnival" is nonsensical and trivializes the event, "Environmental Conference" is too generic and not the actual nickname, and "Global Gathering" is an invented phrase with no historical basis. A reliable memory tip: link UNCED to "Earth" - the conference was about the Earth (environment + development), so "Earth Summit" is the natural, official nickname that stuck.
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