20june2019 paper1 Q49

0. The Paris Agreement aims to limit the temperature rise in this century by how many degrees Celsius above the preindustrial levels?

  • Option : B
  • Explanation : The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention and for the first time brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. Its central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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