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 Paris in 2015.2. Membership of GACSA does not create any binding obligations.3. India was instrumental in the creation of GACSA.Select the correct answer using the code given below:
✓ Correct answer: b) 2 only
ExplanationGlobal Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA) is an inclusive, voluntary and action-oriented multi-stakeholder platform on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA).The vision is to improve food security, nutrition and resil- ience in the face of climate change.GACSA aims to catalyze and help create transformational partnerships to encourage actions that reflect an integrated approach to the three pillars of CSA.Statement 1 is incorrect: The concept of Climate-Smart Ag- riculture (CSA) was originally developed by FAO and officially presented at the Hague Conference on Agriculture, Food Se- curity and Climate Change in 2010, through the paper “Cli- mate-Smart Agriculture: Policies, Practices and Financing for Food Security, Adaptation and Mitigation”.The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA) was launched during the UN Climate Summit of 2014, in New York(not at the Paris Climate Summit in 2015).Statement 2 is correct: Its membership does not impose any binding obligations on its participants, allowing for flexible engagement in promoting climate-smart agricultural pr
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