The PARIS AGREEMENT 2015 was adopted under the:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. The Paris Agreement was adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC, held in Paris from 30 November to 12 December 2015.
2. Adopted by Decision 1/CP.21 on 12 December 2015; entered into force on 4 November 2016.
3. The UNFCCC was adopted at the Rio Earth Summit 1992 and entered into force on 21 March 1994.
4. Parties: 198 to UNFCCC; 195 to Paris Agreement (USA, in and out under Trump and Biden).
5. India ratified Paris Agreement on 2 October 2016 (Gandhi Jayanti).
6. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: EPA 1986 / Constitution of India / Stockholm/Rio/Paris / Indian SC environmental jurisprudence — Paris Agreement 2015 adopted at COP 21 under UNFCCC_
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