Consider the following statements :
- 1.The International Solar Alliance was launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015.
- 2.The Alliance includes all the member countries of the United Nations.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer: A. Statement 1 is correct: India and France launched the International Solar Alliance at the Paris climate conference (COP21) on 30 November 2015. Statement 2 is wrong: as of 2016 it was meant for sun-rich countries lying fully or partly between the tropics, not all UN members. So only 1.
Watch for: A global-sounding alliance makes students think every UN member joined.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because the Alliance did not include all UN members.
- C. Wrong because Statement 2 is false.
- D. Wrong because Statement 1 is correct.
Source to check: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and MEA, PIB release on launch of ISA, 30 November 2015 (as of 2016; membership later opened to all UN members)
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