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UPSC 2021: The ‘Common Carbon Metric’, supported by UNEP, has been developed for
(a)assessing the carbon footprint of building operations around the world
(b)enabling commercial farming entities around the world to enter carbon emission trading
(c)enabling governments to assess the overall carbon footprint caused by their countries
(d)assessing the overall carbon footprint caused by the use of fossil fuels by the world in a unit time
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (a) assessing the carbon footprint of building operations around the world
UNEP’s Common Carbon Metric (CCM) is a universal protocol for measuring and reporting the greenhouse-gas emissions from the operational phase of buildings, allowing consistent assessment of the carbon footprint of building operations worldwide. It is not designed for farm emissions, national inventories or global fossil-fuel use tallies. ([rpsgroup.com](https://www.rpsgroup.com/about-us/news/common-carbon-metric/?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2021, GS Paper 1, as Question 29. It falls under Environment & Ecology > Climate Change & Greenhouse Gases.
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