Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
‘Commons’ are those resources which are not owned by anyone but rather shared by a community. This could be a ‘common room’, a ‘community centre’, a park or a river. Similarly, there are some areas or regions of the world which are located outside the sovereign jurisdiction of any one state, and therefore require common governance by the international community. These are known as res communis humanitatis or global commons.
1. Which of the following is a part of global commons?
a. Ocean floor
b. River Narmada
c. Thar desert
d. Nilgiris
2. The Earth summit was held in________.
a. Kyoto
b. Rio- de- Janeiro
c. Rome
d. Montreal
3. Which of the following agencies of the United Nations is associated in dealing with environmental issues?
a. UNESCO
b. ECOSOC
c. UNEP
d. UNFCCC
4. Why is cooperation over global commons not easy?
a. Task cannot be monitored
b. Lack of consensus on common environmental agendas
c. Similar approach to environment between the global north and south.
d. All of the above
