UPSC Prelims 2017 Question:

With reference to ‘Global Climate Change Alliance’, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. It is an initiative of the European Union. 
2. It provides technical and financial support to targeted developing countries to integrate climate change into their development policies and budgets. 
3. It is coordinated by World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
    

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Explanation:

• The Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) is an initiative of the European Union which was started in 2007 whose overall objective is to build a new alliance on climate change between the European Union and the poor developing countries that are most affected and that have the least capacity to deal with climate change. So, statement 1 is correct.
  
  
• The GCCA/GCCA+ also provides technical and financial support to partner countries to integrate climate change into their development policies and budgets, and to implement projects that address climate change on the ground, promoting climate-resilient, low-emission development.  So, statement 2 is correct.
  
  
• Government ministries (e.g. the Haitian Ministry of Environment), International and regional organizations (e.g. United Nations Development Programme, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States) and Civil Society organizations are the implementing entities for the GCCA and GCCA+ investments. So, statement 3 is not correct.
  
  

 Therefore, option (1) is the correct answer.

Subject: Environment | Environmental Organizations and Conventions