UPSC Prelims 2017 · Question 15 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2017 question on Climate Clean Air Coalition
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2017
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectEnvironment and Ecology
- TopicClimate Change
- DifficultyHard
- TypeStatement
Consider the following statements:
1. Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants is a unique initiative of G20 group of countries.
2. The CCAC focuses on methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Show answer
Answer: B. 2 only
Verdict
The answer is 2 only. The Climate and Clean Air Coalition does focus on methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons, but it is not a G20 initiative.
Analysis
Statement 2 is CORRECT. The Coalition's initial focus is on methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons, the three principal short lived climate pollutants. Statement 1 is INCORRECT. The Coalition was initiated by the governments of Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden and the United States together with the United Nations Environment Programme, and it unites governments, civil society and the private sector rather than being an initiative of the G20.
Source
Press reporting on the Coalition and its municipal membership.
How to crack it
The founding membership list is the discriminator, and its composition tells the story: Bangladesh and Ghana are not G20 members, so a coalition including them cannot be a G20 initiative. Beyond this question, learn what a short lived climate pollutant is, since methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons warm strongly but persist briefly, which is why they are targeted separately from carbon dioxide and why the Kigali Amendment matters.
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