Question
UPSC Prelims 2016 Question:
The term ‘Intended Nationally Determined Contributions’ is sometimes seen in the news in the context of
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Option 2: plan of action outlined by the countries of the world to combat climate change
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Explanation:
- Countries across the globe adopted an international climate agreement at the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December 2015.
- In anticipation of this moment, countries publicly outlined what post-2020 climate actions they intended to take under the new international agreement, known as their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs).
- The climate actions communicated in these INDCs largely determine whether the world achieves the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement: to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C, to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C, and to achieve net zero emissions in the second half of this century.
Therefore, option (2) is the correct answer.
Subject: Environment | Environmental Organisations and Conventions
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