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"Climate Action Tracker" which monitors the emission reduction pledges of different countries is a:
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1.
The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is an independent scientific analysis produced by a coalition of two key research organisations: Climate Analytics and the NewClimate Institute. It has been tracking climate action since 2009, quantifying the impact of government pledges and targets under the Paris Agreement.
- Why Option 1 is correct: It is a non-governmental, independent scientific project. It operates by aggregating data from various countries to assess whether they are on track to meet the global goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C.
- Why other options are incorrect: CAT is not affiliated with the IPCC (Option 2), which is a UN body for assessing climate science, nor is it a formal committee under the UNFCCC (Option 3). Furthermore, it is not an agency financed by the World Bank or UNEP (Option 4), as it maintains independence to provide unbiased critiques of governmental policies.
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Guest previewThis question exposes the gap between 'Static Environment' and 'Dynamic Climate Politics'. While standard books cover the formal IPCC/UNFCCC structure, they miss independent watchdogs. The key strategy is realizing that UN bodies rarely 'rate' or 'track' individual country pledges aggressively due to diplomatic protocols; that is usually the job of independent research coalitions.
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- Statement 1: Is the Climate Action Tracker a database created by a coalition of research organisations?
- Statement 2: Is the Climate Action Tracker a wing of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?
- Statement 3: Is the Climate Action Tracker a committee under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?
- Statement 4: Is the Climate Action Tracker an agency promoted and financed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Bank?
- Explicitly names multiple research teams as providing the Climate Action Tracker project (Ecofys, Climate Analytics and PIK).
- Describes the project as an independent science-based assessment that tracks emissionsāconsistent with a research coalition producing shared data.
- Identifies organisations associated with the Climate Action Tracker (Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute).
- Shows the tracker is produced/maintained by named research organisations rather than a single entity.
- Describes CAT as an "independent scientific project" that "tracks government climate action", implying a research-oriented data effort.
- Supports the idea that CAT compiles and presents data created by research actors.
Gives a clear example that 'electronic databases' are used to track greenhouseāgas related transactions and mechanisms in the climate domain.
A student could infer that similarly named climate 'trackers' might be electronic databases and then check whether Climate Action Tracker functions as such a tracking database.
Describes the 'Climate Equity Monitor' as an online dashboard for assessing international climate action, showing that monitoring databases/dashboards are produced for policy assessment.
Use this example to reason that the Climate Action Tracker could likewise be an online monitoring tool and then verify its format and provenance.
Describes INCCA as a networkābased programme of over 100 institutions and 200 scientists, illustrating that coalitions/networks of research organisations produce climate assessments.
From this, a student could consider whether Climate Action Tracker might be produced by a similar network of research organisations and then look for evidence of institutional collaborators.
Mentions building alliances and partnerships through global collaboration in research & technology development on climate change, showing that collaborative research arrangements are common.
A student could apply this pattern to expect collaborative authorship of major climate databases and then check the Climate Action Tracker's listed partners or authorship.
Gives an example of a climate project launched jointly by national and international bodies, indicating multiāorganisation initiatives create analytical tools for climate action.
Use this as support for the idea that databases/analytical tools often result from multiāorganisation projects and then search for whether the Climate Action Tracker was established by multiple research bodies.
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