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 ?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 only ✓ UPSC's answer
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Why the answer is (b)
• The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (2012) was launched by UNEP with six countries (US, Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Ghana, Bangladesh); it is a voluntary partnership of governments, IGOs and NGOs, not a G20 initiative — statement 1 is wrong.
• Statement 2 is correct: it targets short-lived climate pollutants — methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons and tropospheric ozone — which warm the planet but linger only days to years.
• India joined the CCAC in 2019.
• Hence 2 only, option (b).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 only
- Statement 1 is wrong: CCAC is UNEP-led, not G20.
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- Statement 1 is wrong.
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
- Statement 2 is correct: it targets methane, black carbon and HFCs.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2017, held on 18 June 2017. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.