
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a UN mechanism assist countries transition towards greener and more inclusive economies, emerged at
- The Earth Summit on Sustainable Development 2002, Johannesburg
- The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio de Janeiro
- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2015, Paris
- The World Sustainable Development Summit 2016, New Delhi
Explanation
Option (b) is correct
- The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) is a UN initiative that emerged in 2012 at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. The partnership brings together five United Nations agencies; UNEP, UNDP, ILO, UNIDO, and UNITAR, whose expertise and support assist and lead partner countries towards their transition to an Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) by providing policy advice, assessments, capacity building and analytical tools outputs.
- It aims to create an enabling macroeconomic environment for achieving the global targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Paris Climate Agreement and Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework with an integrated package of activities at country, regional and global levels.
- PAGE promotes South-South and Triangular cooperation.
- South-South cooperation involves development collaboration between developing countries in the Global South. When this cooperation includes support from a Northern partner, it is termed Triangular Cooperation.
- South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) serves as a platform for governments, international organizations, academia, civil society, and the private sector to share knowledge, skills, and best practices in areas like decent work, lifelong learning, agricultural development, human rights, urbanization, health, climate change, social protection, and employment generation.

