2021 GS Paper I, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2021 · GS Paper I
Question 29: Environment and Ecology
The ‘Common Carbon Metric’, supported by UNEP, has been developed for
aassessing the carbon footprint of building operations around the world
benabling commercial farming entities around the world to enter carbon emission trading
cenabling governments to assess the overall carbon footprint caused by their countries
dassessing the overall carbon footprint caused by the use of fossil fuels by the world in a unit time
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (a).
The Common Carbon Metric is a protocol supported by UNEP's Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative. It provides a common way of measuring and reporting the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of buildings, so that building portfolios around the world can be compared. It is not a tool for carbon trading in farming, national footprints or fossil-fuel totals.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Right: it assesses the carbon footprint of building operations.
- (b) Wrong: it is not a gateway to carbon emission trading for farms.
- (c) Wrong: it does not measure national carbon footprints.
- (d) Wrong: it does not measure global fossil-fuel emissions.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2021, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.