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).
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Answer: A. Statement 1 is correct: the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) was launched by the European Union in 2007. Statement 2 is correct: it gives technical and financial support to the poorest and most vulnerable developing countries, such as LDCs and small island states, to build climate change into their policies and budgets. Statement 3 is wrong: WRI and WBCSD run the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, not the GCCA. So 1 and 2 only.
Watch for: WRI and WBCSD sound like natural climate coordinators; they are linked to the GHG Protocol instead.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because statement 3 is false and statements 1 and 2 are true.
- C. Wrong because statement 3 is false and statement 1 is true.
- D. Wrong because the GCCA is run by the EU, not WRI and WBCSD.
Source to check: European Commission, International Partnerships site: 'Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+)' page (gcca.eu)
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