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United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
Rio de Janeiro, 1992
Check the Brief Introduction
The cycle of UN Summits and Conferences started with the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in
1992. This Conference became known as the Earth Summit.
In Rio, Governments adopted several major agreements aimed at changing the traditional
approach to development: