Previous Year Question
“Momentum for Change: Climate Neutral Now” is an initiative launched by
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The UNEP Secretariat
The UNFCCC Secretariat
The World Meteorological Organization
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
The “Momentum for Change: Climate Neutral Now” initiative was launched by the UNFCCC Secretariat.
UNFCCC stands for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The UNFCCC was adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 and entered into force in 1994.
Its principal objective is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that prevents dangerous human interference with the climate system.
The UNFCCC Secretariat provides institutional support to different climate conferences, negotiations, technical bodies and climate-related reporting by countries.
The Climate Neutral Now initiative was launched in 2015 under the UNFCCC’s “Momentum for Change” activities.
It aimed to encourage individuals, companies, organisations and governments to voluntarily reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and move towards climate neutrality.
Action under the initiative was generally presented in three stages—measuring emissions, reducing emissions as far as possible and compensating for the remaining emissions.
Measuring emissions helps an organisation identify its major emission sources and carbon footprint.
Direct emission reduction is then prioritised through energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean transport and better use of resources.
Emissions that cannot immediately be eliminated may be compensated through recognised emission-reduction units; however, compensation should not be treated as a substitute for actual emission reduction.
The initiative is associated with increasing social participation towards limiting global warming and achieving a climate-neutral world by mid-century in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
The IPCC assesses scientific knowledge relating to climate change; it is not the body that operates this initiative.
UNEP is the environmental programme of the United Nations, but the Climate Neutral Now initiative was not launched by its Secretariat.
The World Meteorological Organization promotes international cooperation relating to weather, climate and water, but it is also not the initiator of this programme.