Practice question
A planning agency says it will examine environmental protection only after all development decisions become irreversible. Which Rio principle most directly contradicts treating environment as an isolated afterthought?
- Principle3 abolishes all present needs.
- Principle5 forbids economic activity.
- Principle1 concerns only wealthy persons.
- No Rio principle addresses integration.
- Principle4 requires environmental protection to be integral to development.
Legal references
- Rio Declaration (1992), Principles1,3–5 and15: https://www.cbd.int/doc/ref/rio-declaration.shtml
- ICJ, Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, Advisory Opinion, July23 2025, main opinion, paragraphs147–158 and precaution discussion: https://icj-web.leman.un-icc.cloud/sites/default/files/case-related/187/187-20250723-adv-01-00-en.pdf
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