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    What is Rio+ 20 conference, often mentioned in the news?

    It is a UN conference on Sustainable Development

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    It is a conference of the member countries of the convention on Biological Diversity .

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    It is a Conference of the IPCC

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    It is a ministerial meeting of the WTO .

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    The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development(UNCSD), also known as Rio 2012, Rio+20 (Portuguese pronunciation: or Earth Summit 2012 was the 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


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