With reference to the ‘Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)’, which of the following statements is/are correct ?
- 1.GACSA is an outcome of the Climate Summit held in Paris in 2015.
- 2.Membership of GACSA does not create any binding obligations.
- 3.India was instrumental in the creation of GACSA.
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Answer: B. Statement 1 is wrong: GACSA was launched at the UN Climate Summit in New York in September 2014, not at Paris 2015. Statement 2 is correct: it is a voluntary alliance and membership creates no binding obligations. Statement 3 is wrong: India was not a driving force behind it. So only 2.
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Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because GACSA came from the 2014 New York summit and India did not lead it.
- C. Wrong because India was not instrumental in creating GACSA.
- D. Wrong because statements 1 and 3 are false.
Source to check: FAO website (fao.org/gacsa), 'Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture: Framework Document' (2014)
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