Previous Year Question
‘Climate Action Tracker’, which monitors the emission reduction pledges of different countries is a
database created by Coalition of Research Organisations
wing of ‘International Panel of Climate Change’
committee under ‘United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’
agency promoted and financed by United Nations Environment Programme and World Bank
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution
The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is a research-based initiative that provides independent scientific analysis.
It is developed and operated through the collaboration of organizations conducting research on climate change.
Climate Analytics and the NewClimate Institute are its principal collaborating research organizations.
CAT monitors the emission-reduction pledges, climate policies and actual climate action of different countries.
It analyses the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and domestic policies of countries.
It assesses whether a country’s policies and targets are consistent with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.
The Paris Agreement aims to keep the rise in global average temperature well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C.
CAT also estimates the likely rise in global temperature on the basis of the combined climate commitments of countries.
It rates the climate action of different countries under separate categories according to its adequacy.
Option (a) is its most appropriate description because it is regarded as an independent database and analytical platform developed through the collaboration of research organizations.
It is not a wing of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Therefore, option (b) is not correct.
It is not an official committee constituted under the UNFCCC. Therefore, option (c) is not correct.
It is also not an agency promoted and financed by UNEP and the World Bank. Therefore, option (d) is not correct.