HSS activity 4 – Geography 1. The Earth Summit was a conference held by United Nations in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992. 2. Green Cross International Organization. 3. 3 June to 14 June 1992. 4. Rio de Janeiro was the location of the first Earth summit. 5. In 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development will be held in Rio, and is also commonly called Rio+20 or Rio Earth Summit 2012. It will be on the June 20th to the June 22nd. 6. The purpose of Earth Summit is to symbolize a change in the way we see the environment and development. It is also focused on attaining sustainable development. 7. The most important decisions created by the Earth Summit were the following: Framework Convention on Climate Change and Convention on Biological Diversity and Forest Management and Agenda 21. 8. It is very necessary as we need to look for ways to look after our earth and use resources in a sustainable way, if not we would run out of resources and then there would be fighting and war. 9. After the Earth Summit in Rio, there has been an effort to bring in sustainable development by governments, international organizations, local authorities, business, citizen groups and individuals. Agenda 21 is a powerful long-term goal for balancing economic and social needs with the capacity of the earth’s resources and ecosystems. 10. Sustainable development is connected to the Earth Summit because to keep resources on earth without them running out, we need to use them in a way that the will not run out so the earth still has resources for its own natural needs, like trees give oxygen during the day and water is the most important resource, so if we use resources in a sustainable way, it will be better for our world.