PYQ · APPSC Group II 2017 · Screening Test · Q13 Difficulty 2/5
Climate Change› UNFCCC, Kyoto, Paris & Carbon Markets
The United Nations Convention on Climate Change held at Paris in December, 2015 agreed on
Answer d.
Explanation Answer · d
The answer is (d) Nationally determined contributions. Each country sets its own climate pledge under the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement of December 2015 asks every country to put forward its own national climate action plan, called a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Countries decide their targets themselves, and these are reviewed and strengthened every five years. Before the agreement they were called 'intended' NDCs. India's pledge included cutting the emissions intensity of its GDP.
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