Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Environment and Natural Resources

Question:

The book "Limits to growth" was published by

Options:

UNEP

Club of Rome

Earth Summit

Human Development Report

Correct Answer:

Club of Rome

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 -  Club of Rome

Although environmental concerns have a long history, awareness of the environmental consequences of economic growth acquired an increasingly political character from the 1960s onwards. The Club of Rome, a global think tank, published a book in 1972 entitled Limits to Growth, dramatising the potential depletion of the Earth’s resources against the backdrop of rapidly growing world population.