Prelims 2016 • Paper 1 (GS) • Q.97

Prelims • Paper 1 (GS) • 2016 • Q.97

Environment

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

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.

2016 Prelims • Paper 1 (GS)

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Syllabus Connection

General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization. (Prelims)

NCERT Connection

Ch.12: World Climate and Climate Change

Geography • Class 11 • Class 11 World Physical Geography

Ch.15: Our Environment

Science • Class 10 • Science Class 10

Ch.16: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Science • Class 10 • Science Class 10

Ch.9: Environment and Sustainable Development

Economics • Class 11 • Class 11 Indian Economic Development

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