Question: With reference to the Agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is/are correct?
- The. Agreement was signed by all the member countries of the UN and it will go into effect in 2017.
- The Agreement aims to limit the greenhouse gas emissions so that the rise in average global temperature by the end of this century does not exceed $ 2{}^\circ C $ or even $ 1.5{}^\circ C $ above pre-industrial levels.
- Developed countries acknowledged their historical responsibility in global warning and committed to donate 1000 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries to cope with climate change. Select the correct answer using the codes given below
Options:
A) 1 and 3
B) Only 2
C) 2 and 3
D) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
- Exp. [b] Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reached a landmark agreement on 12th December in Paris, charting a fundamentally new course in the two-decade-old global climate effort. An historic agreement to combat climate change and unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future was agreed by 195 nations in Paris. The universal agreement’s main aim is to keep a global temperature rise this century well below $ 2{}^\circ C $ and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to $ 1.5{}^\circ C $ above pre-industrial levels. UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, or CoP21 agreed to extend the current goal of mobilising 100 billion a year in support by 2020 through 2025, with a new, higher goal to be set for the period after 2025.
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