​Consider the following statement about COP-28-
1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the COP-28 on 1 December 2023.
2. COP-28 was organized at California, USA
3. The event focused on making climate finance more available, accessible, and affordable to developing countries.
4. During the session, the leaders adopted the "UAE Declaration on a New Global Climate Finance Framework”.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct option is A

The correct answer (a) Statements 1, 3, and 4

Explanation:

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the COP-28 on 1 December 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended COP28 in Dubai on December 1, 2023, and participated in the session on "Transforming Climate Finance" .​
• COP28 was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12, 2023.​
• The event focused on making climate finance more available, accessible, and affordable to developing countries. A central theme of COP28 was enhancing climate finance for developing nations, aiming to make it more available, accessible, and affordable.​
• At COP28, leaders endorsed the "UAE Declaration on a Global Climate Finance Framework," aiming to scale up climate finance and make it more accessible and affordable.

Information Booster:

"The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a landmark event focused on addressing global climate challenges. It was held from November 11 to 22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan."

COP Climate Summit:

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These annual climate summits bring together nearly every country on Earth to discuss and negotiate actions to combat climate change.

Background of UNFCCC

• Origin: The UNFCCC was adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, where 154 countries signed the treaty.
• Objective: To stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous human-induced interference with the climate system.
• Entry into Force: The treaty officially came into effect in 1994.
• As of now, the UNFCCC has 198 parties (including countries and the EU), making it one of the most widely supported international environmental treaties.