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 Pats in 2015.
2. Membership of GACSA does not create any binding obligations.
3. India was instrumental in the creation of GACSA.
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UPSC CSP Previous Year Paper (2018)
1 and 3 only
Incorrect Answer2 and 3 only
Incorrect Answer1, 2 and 3
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
The term Climate-Smart Agriculture was first coined by FAO in 2010 as a means to attract climate finance to its agricultural programmes in Africa. GACSA is an inclusive, voluntary and action-oriented multi-stakeholder platform on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). GACSA was launched in September 2014 in the margins of the UN Climate Summit. Statement 1 is incorrect.
The emergence of CSA alliances and platforms worldwide is a positive and strong signal to the international community on the willingness of all stakeholders, at various levels of action, to tackle the climate challenges in the agricultural sectors, based on joint efforts and context-specific approaches.
Membership in the Alliance does not create any binding obligations and each member individually determines the nature of its participation. Statement 2 is correct.
India is signatory of the alliance by no instrumental role has been played by it in its creation. Statement 3 is incorrect.
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