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Earth Summit, 1992

Earth Summit, 1992
Economic issues often take center stage in the controversies surrounding international efforts to safeguard the environment. Representatives from 178 countries attended the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also called the Earth Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. In this photo Al Gore, then a United States senator, addressed the audience.
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International Law; Environment; Global Warming; Conservation; United States (Economy); United States (Geography)
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