Which international initiative aims to put the human race on a path of sustainability?
(1 point)
Responses
The Earth Summit
The Earth Summit
Agenda 21
Agenda 21
Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
Dashboard of Sustainability
Among the options you provided, Agenda 21 is the international initiative that aims to put the human race on a path of sustainability. Agenda 21 is a non-binding action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. It was adopted at the Earth Summit (the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992.
The other options pertain to sustainability and environmental protection but have different specific focuses:
- The Earth Summit, as mentioned, was the conference where Agenda 21 was adopted. While it is related to sustainability, it is not an initiative in itself but rather the event where the initiative was created.
- The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it.
- The Dashboard of Sustainability is not as commonly referenced as the other options. It is a tool that was designed to integrate information for complex assessments of sustainable development, allowing countries to gauge their performance over wide ranges of environmental and socioeconomic indicators.