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 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.
- 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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Answer: B. Statement 1 is wrong: the Paris Agreement was adopted in December 2015 but not signed by all UN members then; it entered into force in November 2016. Statement 2 is correct: it aims to keep warming well below 2 C and to try for 1.5 C. Statement 3 is wrong: the goal is USD 100 billion a year, not 1000 billion. So only 2.
Watch for: The extra zero in USD 1000 billion is easy to miss.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Statements 1 and 3 are false.
- C. Wrong because the finance goal is USD 100 billion, not 1000 billion.
- D. Wrong because Statements 1 and 3 are false.
Source to check: UNFCCC, Paris Agreement text, Article 2 and Decision 1/CP.21 para 53 (unfccc.int)
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