The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, Earth Summit is also commonly called Rio+20 or Rio Earth Summit 2012.

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, Earth Summit is also commonly called Rio+20 or Rio Earth Summit 2012.

A major United Nations conference held in Rio aiming to have a balance between economic growth and environmental protection as every day, we hear about the rapid rise in global warming, melting of ice and sea-levels increasing at an alarming rate.

A conference is held every year with an objective to sustain the needs of present and future generations without wasting the earth?s resources as the conditions of our "Mother Earth" and its ecosystems is deteriorating day by day.

This year the Rio+20 summit 2012 is being hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 20-22 June 2012 in which Representatives and heads from more than 190 nations and 50,000 participants from civil society and business groups gathered at the Riocentro Convention Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Earth Summit, also known as Rio 2012 or Rio +20.

It is a thumps up for India as the proposal given by India for a firewall between the responsibilities of developing and developed countries to restore the system of common but differentiated responsibilities was accepted worldwide including China.

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