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Environment & Ecology

Prelims 2016

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

  1. The Agreement was signed by all the member countries of the UN and it will go into effect in 2017.
  2. The Agreement aims to limit greenhouse gas emissions so that the rise in average global temperature by the end of this century does not exceed 2 degrees C or even 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels.
  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.

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Explanation

The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance, starting in the year 2020.

Statement 1 is incorrect. Not all UN member countries signed the Paris Agreement when the question was asked by the UPSC. As of today, 195 parties (194 states and the European Union) have joined.

Statement 2 is correct. The Paris Agreement's central aim is to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Statement 3 is incorrect. The Paris Agreement acknowledges the historical responsibility of developed countries and calls for them to provide financial assistance to developing countries for climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, the specific amount of $1000 billion per year is not mentioned in the agreement. Rather, $100 billion was agreed upon but modalities are yet to finalise.

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