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Veda Textiles Ltd, a Tiruppur exporter, is told by its board that India has pledged under the Paris Agreement to keep the global temperature rise well below a particular level above pre-industrial levels, while pursuing efforts toward a lower limit. Which pair of levels correctly states the Paris Agreement goal?

The Paris Agreement seeks to hold the rise in global average temperature well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. The other pairs quote figures that the Agreement does not use.

  1. AWell below 2°C, pursuing efforts to limit to 1.5°CCorrect
  2. BWell below 3°C, pursuing efforts to limit to 2°C
  3. CBelow 2.5°C, pursuing efforts to limit to 2°C
  4. DWell below 1.5°C, pursuing efforts to limit to 1°C

Explanation

The Paris Agreement (2015) aims to hold the global average temperature increase well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. The other pairs state thresholds that do not appear in the Agreement.

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