Consider the following statements:
- 1.Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants is a unique initiative of G20 group of countries.
- 2.The CCAC focuses on methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) 2 only
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is a voluntary partnership convened within the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), not an initiative of the G20, so statement 1 is wrong. It targets methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons, so statement 2 is correct.
- ✗ 1. The CCAC was founded in 2012 and is convened within UNEP. It is a voluntary partnership of governments, intergovernmental organisations and non-governmental organisations, not a project of the G20 group.
- ✓ 2. The CCAC works to cut short-lived climate pollutants: methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons and tropospheric ozone. These stay in the air only briefly but heat the planet strongly and harm air quality.
Remember · CCAC (2012) is a UNEP-convened voluntary coalition on short-lived climate pollutants: methane, black carbon, HFCs and tropospheric ozone. It is not a G20 body.
Sources
- UNEP: Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) ↗ “Founded in 2012, and convened within UNEP, The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is a voluntary partnership of more than 190 governments, intergovernmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations. … The CCAC works to reduce powerful but short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) – methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and tropospheric ozone – that drive both climate change and air pollution.”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2017, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·