{"id":21932,"date":"2025-12-06T13:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/?post_type=vq_question&#038;p=21932"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:50:41","slug":"with-reference-to-the-agreement-at-the-unfccc-meeting-in-paris-in-2015-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct","status":"publish","type":"vq_question","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/with-reference-to-the-agreement-at-the-unfccc-meeting-in-paris-in-2015-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct\/","title":{"rendered":"With reference to the Agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is\/are correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Explanation:<\/b><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Paris Agreement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016. 195 Parties\u00a0out of 198 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are Parties to the Paris Agreement. <\/span><b>So, statement 1 is not correct.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Its goal is to limit global warming to <\/span><b>well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, compared to <\/span><b>pre-industrial levels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. To achieve this long-term temperature goal, countries aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible to achieve a climate neutral world by mid-century. <\/span><b>So, statement 2 is correct.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Developed countries committed to donate <\/span><b>$100 billion a year from 2020 t<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o help <\/span><b>developing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> countries to cope with climate change. <\/span><b>So, statement 3 is not correct.<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><b>Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Subject: Environment | Climate change <\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explanation: The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016. 195 Parties\u00a0out of 198 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are Parties to &#8230; <a title=\"With reference to the Agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is\/are correct?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/with-reference-to-the-agreement-at-the-unfccc-meeting-in-paris-in-2015-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about With reference to the Agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is\/are correct?\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[1638,1657,1656],"vq_category":[1629],"class_list":{"0":"post-21932","1":"vq_question","2":"type-vq_question","3":"status-publish","5":"tag-factual","6":"tag-upsc-prelims-2016","7":"tag-upsc-prelims-2016-question","8":"vq_category-upsc-question"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vq_question\/21932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vq_question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vq_question"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21932"},{"taxonomy":"vq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vq_category?post=21932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}