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

Gives a multiple-choice framing where (a) identifies Rio+20 as 'the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development' and (b) lists 'a Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization' as an alternative.

A student could use this to note that sources explicitly treat Rio+20 as a UN sustainable-development event and then check which organization (UN vs WTO) convenes it.

States directly that 'The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012' and describes its sustainable-development focus.

A student can contrast the UN hosting/scope here with the WTO's trade-focused ministerials to judge whether Rio+20 fits the WTO ministerial pattern.

Also identifies Rio+20 as the 'short name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development' and describes participation by world leaders, NGOs and others on environmental and social issues.

Use this to reinforce that Rio+20 was an environmental/UN summit rather than a trade ministerial; then check typical WTO ministerial participants and agenda to distinguish them.

Notes the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development dates (June 4-6, 2012) and links it to the earlier Earth Summit, framing it within UN environmental processes.

A student could map the conference to UN environmental conventions and compare organizers/mandates with those of WTO ministerial conferences to test the statement.

Mentions the WTO's 'first trade Ministerial Conference' in 1996 (Singapore), illustrating that WTO Ministerial Conferences are distinct, trade-focused events with their own naming and history.

A student can use this pattern (WTO holds numbered trade ministerials) to check whether Rio+20 appears in WTO ministerial lists — if not, it likely was not a WTO ministerial.

This snippet explicitly defines Rio+20 as 'The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20)' held in June 2012, indicating it is a UN conference.

A student could use this to distinguish event types: verify whether IPCC typically 'holds' UN conferences or whether Rio+20 fits the profile of a UN intergovernmental conference rather than an IPCC assessment event.

The multiple-choice question lists Rio+20 options and includes (a) UN Conference on Sustainable Development and (c) Conference of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, implying these are alternative classifications to be discriminated.

A student could treat this as an implicit test: since one option names UNCSD, they could check authoritative lists of IPCC conferences to see if Rio+20 appears there (it should not if option (a) is correct).

This snippet restates that Rio+20 is the short name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and describes participants (world leaders, NGOs, private sector), suggesting a broad UN summit format.

A student could contrast the participant profile of Rio+20 (heads of state, NGOs) with typical IPCC activities (scientific assessment reports and expert meetings) to judge whether Rio+20 is an IPCC conference.

This defines the IPCC as a body established by WMO and UNEP that publishes assessment reports and is 'independent of the Convention', characterizing IPCC's role as a scientific panel rather than a UN summit organiser.

Using this, a student could infer that IPCC's primary outputs are assessment reports and methodological work, so they could check if Rio+20's described goals (green economy, institutional frameworks) match IPCC outputs or a separate UN conference agenda.

This snippet describes Rio+20 as the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in June 2012 and links it to the earlier Earth Summit and 'Rio Conventions', reinforcing its identity as a UN summit event.

A student could use this to locate Rio+20 within the series of UN summits (Earth Summit → Rio+20) and then check whether IPCC events are listed among those summits (they are typically not).

States that Rio+20 is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio in 2012, describing its broad multi-stakeholder participation (world leaders, private sector, NGOs).

A student could use this to infer Rio+20 was a broad UN summit rather than a meeting restricted to parties of a single treaty.

Explicitly names Rio+20 as the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD/Rio+20) focusing on sustainable development and institutional frameworks.

Combine with knowledge that treaty-specific bodies (like CBD) hold their own Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to test whether Rio+20 was a treaty COP.

States that the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is one of the three 'Rio Conventions' adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit.

A student can infer that CBD is a distinct treaty with its own processes (separate from later UN summits) and therefore likely holds its own member-only meetings.

Gives an example of a CBD-specific meeting: the 10th Conference of the Parties to the CBD at Nagoya in 2010, showing CBD holds separate Conferences of Parties (COPs).

Use this example to argue that meetings called 'Conferences of the Parties' (COPs) are distinct events for CBD members, suggesting Rio+20 (a UN summit) was not a CBD COP.

Presents a multiple-choice question listing Rio+20 as 'the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development' and offering 'Conference of the Member Countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity' as an alternative.

This framing signals that Rio+20 is commonly understood as the UN sustainable development conference, so a student could contrast the two options to evaluate the statement.