Q21.
Consider the following statements with reference to India's response to climate change : £ India's Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) is a crucial tool for achieving net-zero emissions by 2070. Il. India's 4' Biennial Update Report (BUR-4) submitted in December, 2024 recorded around 8% decrease in Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 over 2019. Ill. Climate-resilient development necessarily depends on quick and short-term achievement of emission reduction targets. Which of the following relationships among the above statements is/are correct ? 1. Statement I is empirically supported by statement II. 2. Statement III contradicts the approach implicit in statement I. 3. Statement I and statement III together establish the premise of long-term sustainability. Select the answer using the code given below :
Answer
B
Explanation
India's LT-LEDS is a long-term pathway towards the 2070 net-zero target. BUR-4 reported about a 7.93% fall in greenhouse-gas emissions in 2020 over 2019, providing empirical evidence of a lower-emissions trajectory, although it does not prove that LT-LEDS caused that fall because LT-LEDS was submitted later. Statement III is wrong because climate-resilient development is an adaptive long-term process, not merely rapid short-term emission cuts. Hence 1 and 2.