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UPSC CSE Prelims 2016 · GS Paper I · Question 30 · Climate change & agreements

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UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2016, General Studies Paper I, Question 30 — Climate change & agreements.

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कभी-कभी समाचारों में देखे जाने वाले शब्दउनका मूल स्रोत
1.एनेक्स–I देशकार्टाजेना प्रोटोकॉल
2.प्रमाणित उत्सर्जन कटौतियाँ (सर्टिफाइड एमिशंस रिडक्शंस)नागोया प्रोटोकॉल
3.स्वच्छ विकास क्रियाविधि (क्लीन डेवलपमेंट मेकेनिज्म)क्योटो प्रोटोकॉल

उपर्युक्त में से कौन-सा/से युग्म सही सुमेलित है/हैं?

Read this question in English

Consider the following pairs:

1. Annex–I Countries — Cartagena Protocol

2. Certified Emissions Reductions — Nagoya Protocol

3. Clean Development Mechanism — Kyoto Protocol

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(a) 1 and 2 only · (b) 2 and 3 only · (c) 3 only · (d) 1, 2 and 3

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (c) केवल 3

Only the third pair is right. 'Annex I' is a category of Parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992), used again in the Kyoto Protocol; Certified Emission Reductions are the credits issued under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. The Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols belong to the Convention on Biological Diversity and deal with biosafety and benefit-sharing.

  • ✗ 1. Annex I lists the developed countries and economies in transition that took on specific mitigation commitments under the UNFCCC. The Cartagena Protocol (2000) governs the safe handling and transport of living modified organisms.
  • ✗ 2. Certified Emission Reductions come from CDM projects under Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol. The Nagoya Protocol (2010) is about access to genetic resources and fair sharing of benefits from their use.
  • ✓ 3. Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol (1997) created the Clean Development Mechanism, under which projects in non-Annex I countries earn CERs that Annex I countries may use towards their targets.

Remember · UNFCCC/Kyoto: Annex I, CDM, CERs, emissions trading, joint implementation. CBD protocols: Cartagena (biosafety, LMOs) and Nagoya (access and benefit-sharing).

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

Cite this question: UPSC CSE Prelims 2016, Q30 — minimalistias.com/pyqs/prelims/2016/q30

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