UPSC Prelims is fond of Climate Funds and Climate related Partnerships

In the past few years,UPSC Prelims exam generally had one question almost every year related to climate funds and climate partnerships of the world.Lets take a look at the trend in past few years-

Prelims 2018-

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

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Prelims 2017-

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).

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Prelims 2016

With reference to ‘Forest Carbon Partnership Facility’, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. it is global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples

2. it provides financial aid to universities, individual scientists and institutions involved in scientific forestry research to develop eco-friendly and climate adaptation technologies for sustainable forest management

3. It assists the countries in their ‘REDD+ (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+)’ efforts by providing them with financial and technical assistance.

Prelims 2015-

Which of the following statements regarding ‘Green Climate Fund’ is/are correct?

1. It is intended to assist the developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change.

2. It is founded under the aegis of UNEP, OECD, Asian Development Bank and World Bank Select the correct answer using the code given below.

a. 1 only

b. 2 only

c. Both 1 and 2

d. Neither 1 nor 2

Prelims 2015-

‘BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustain-able Forest Landscapes’ is managed by the

(a) Asian Development Bank

(b) International Monetary Fund