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Environment and Natural Resources — Political Science STD 12 Humanities — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPolitical ScienceEnvironment and Natural Resources5 Marks
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'States have common but differentiated responsibilities towards environment.' Analyses the statement giving suitable Examples.
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Answer

  1. The developing countries feel that much of the ecological degradation in the world is the product of industrial development undertaken by the developed countries. If they have caused more degradation, they must also take more responsibility for undoing the damage now.
  2. Moreover developing countries are in process of industrialisation and so, this must be taken in account in the development application and interpretation of rules of international environmental law. This argument was accepted in the Rio Declaration at the Earth Summit in 1992 and is called 'common but differentiated responsibilities.'
  3. The 1992 United National Framework Conversation on Climate Change (UNFCCC) also provides that the parties should act to protect the climate system ''on the basis of equality and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities.''
  4. The KYOTO Protocol is an international agreement setting targets for industrialised countries to cut their green house gas emissions.

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