NDA (I) 2023 General Ability Test · Question 143 of 149

Correct — C, Climate change. COP-27 was the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022; it is best known for establishing a 'loss and damage' fund.

• (a)Russia-Ukraine war — A geopolitical conflict handled through the UN Security Council and diplomacy, not a COP climate summit.
• (b)Terrorism and counter-terrorism — Addressed by other UN bodies (e.g. the Counter-Terrorism Committee), not by the UNFCCC COP process.
• (d)Interpol — Interpol is the international police organisation; it is unrelated to the UN climate COP meetings.

The 'COP' (Conference of the Parties) of the UNFCCC is the annual global climate summit. COP-21 produced the 2015 Paris Agreement; COP-26 was at Glasgow (2021); COP-27 at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (2022) agreed to create a loss-and-damage fund for vulnerable countries.

Any 'COP' under the UNFCCC is about climate change. Anchor to the exam (April 2023): COP-27 had just concluded (Nov 2022); as of today COP-28 (Dubai, 2023) and later have followed.

• COP-27 was the 2022 UN climate summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
• It agreed to set up a 'loss and damage' fund.
• The COP operates under the UNFCCC (1992).
• COP-21 gave the Paris Agreement (2015); COP-28 was hosted by the UAE in 2023.

• Confusing the climate COP with other 'summits' on unrelated issues.
• Mixing up COP numbers/venues (Glasgow 26, Sharm el-Sheikh 27, Dubai 28).

Asked as what COP-27 relates to, its venue, or its key outcome (loss and damage fund).

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The 2015 Paris Agreement was adopted at which COP?

  • (a)COP-21
  • (b)COP-26
  • (c)COP-27
  • (d)COP-15

  Answer(a) COP-21.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  COP-27 (2022) is best known for agreeing to establish a fund for

  • (a)nuclear safety
  • (b)loss and damage
  • (c)space debris
  • (d)pandemic response

  Answer(b) loss and damage.