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Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to ‘The Global Environment Outlook’?
- It is released by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPC(c).
- Five GEO reports have been published to date.
- The GEO project was initiated in response to the environmental reporting requirements of UN Agenda 21.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
A |
1 and 2
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B |
1 and 3
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C |
3 only
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D |
1, 2 and 3
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Your Ans is
Right ans is B
Your Answer Is Correct
Your Answer Is Wrong
Explanation :
- Statement 1 is correct: Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is a series of reports on the environment issued periodically by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- Statement 2 is incorrect: Six GEO reports have been published to date: GEO-1 in 1997, GEO-2000 in 1999, GEO-3 in 2002, GEO-4 in 2007, GEO-5 in 2012 and GEO-6 in 2019.
- Statement 3 is correct: The GEO project was initiated in response to the environmental reporting requirements of UN Agenda 21 and to a UNEP Governing Council decision of May 1995 which requested the production of a new comprehensive global state of the environment report.
Source: CSC May 2019
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