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UPSC 2018: With reference to the 'Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)', which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. GACSA is an outcome of the Climate Summit held in Paris in 2015. 2. Membership of GACSA does not create any binding obligations. 3. India was instrumental in the creation of GACSA. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a)1 and 3 only
(b)2 only
(c)2 and 3 only
(d)1, 2 and 3
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) 2 only
GACSA was launched on 23 September 2014 on the sidelines of the UN Climate Summit in New York, not at the 2015 Paris COP, so statement 1 is wrong ([ccafs.cgiar.org](https://ccafs.cgiar.org/events/un-climate-summit-2014)). The alliance is described as a “voluntary coalition”, so membership creates no binding (contractual) obligations, making statement 2 correct ([ccafs.cgiar.org](https://ccafs.cgiar.org/events/un-climate-summit-2014)). India merely joined later through some NGOs and was not an instrumental founder, so statement 3 is incorrect ([vajiramandravi.com](https://vajiramandravi.com/upsc-exam/with-reference-to-the-global-alliance-for-climate-smart-agriculture-gacsa-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct/?utm_source=openai)).
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