Prelims 2021 · Environment · Question 29
The 'Common Carbon Metric', supported by UNEP, has been developed for
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assessing the carbon footprint of building operations around the world
- (a) Correct. The Common Carbon Metric (CCM), supported by UNEP-SBCI, was developed as a common method for measuring and reporting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from building operations globally.
- (b) Incorrect. It is not a tool for bringing commercial farming entities into carbon trading; it is focused on the buildings sector.
- (c) Incorrect. It does not measure the total national carbon footprint of countries; its scope is building operations, not whole economies.
- (d) Incorrect. It is not a metric for global fossil-fuel emissions per unit time; it specifically concerns carbon emissions from buildings in operation.