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Paris Agreement on climate change 2015

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Question

With reference to the Agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1The Agreement was signed by all the member countries of the UN and it will go into effect in 2017.
2The 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°C or even 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
3Developed countries acknowledged their historical responsibility in global warming and committed to donate $ 1000 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries to cope with climate change.
  1. 1.

    The Agreement was signed by all the member countries of the UN and it will go into effect in 2017.

  2. 2.

    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°C or even 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

  3. 3.

    Developed countries acknowledged their historical responsibility in global warming and committed to donate $ 1000 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries to cope with climate change.

Options

a

1 and 3 only

b

2 only

Answer
c

2 and 3 only

d

1, 2 and 3

Explanation

Statement 1 is partially incorrect: The Paris Agreement was signed by many countries but not literally 'all' UN member countries (some countries did not sign immediately), and it came into effect in 2016, not 2017 (it entered into force on November 4, 2016). Statement 2 is correct: The central aim of the Paris Agreement is to limit the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. This is the core objective of the agreement. Statement 3 is incorrect: The commitment was 100 billion per year from 2020 (not1000 billion), and it was not explicitly framed as 'donation' but as financial assistance/climate finance from developed countries. Only statement 2 is fully correct.

Paris Agreement 2015: Centred on limiting global warming to 1.5-2°C—the most significant multilateral climate pact adopted by nearly all nations.

Answer: b.

Question details

Year

2016

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q97

Subject

Environment

Sub-topic

International climate agreements and global warming

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

Current Affairs 2015 - UNFCCC Paris Agreement

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