The first International Earth Summit was held in ______.

Question: The First International Earth Summit was held in _______.

The Answer: On June 14th 1992, the first international earth summit was held. Representatives from 172 countries assembled in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It can also be referred to as the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). It included 108 heads of the state, 2,400 representatives of various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and 10,000 journalists from around the world.

The objective of the summit-

1. It discussed the Climate Change Convention which turned into the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.
2. Focus on global climate change.
3. The agreement stated that “any activities on the lands of indigenous people that can cause environmental degradation would be considered as inappropriate”.