Question

    The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international

    treaty on climate change whose overarching goal is to hold  the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.In which year was the agreement adopted ?
    A 2011 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 2014 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 2015 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 2017 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. It entered into force on 4 November 2016. Its overarching goal is to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

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