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. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- A.1 and 3 only
- B.2 only
- C.2 and 3 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is B, 2 only. GACSA is a voluntary alliance whose members take on no binding obligations, but it was not born in Paris and India did not drive its creation.
GACSA was launched in September 2014 at the UN Climate Summit convened by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, a year before the Paris COP. Its facilitation unit is hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. It brings together governments, farmers' groups, companies and research bodies around three goals of climate-smart agriculture: raising farm productivity and incomes, helping farming adapt to climate change, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions where possible. Members join freely and each decides its own actions.
A and D are wrong: GACSA came from the 2014 New York summit, not Paris 2015, and India was not a founding force.
C is wrong: India did not play a leading part in creating GACSA.
Exam tip: GACSA = launched at the UN Climate Summit, New York, September 2014; hosted by FAO; voluntary and non-binding.
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