current affairs MCQ #10530

A municipal government in Karachi is experiencing severe urban heat island effects with temperatures regularly exceeding 45°C. City planners want to apply a nature-based solution recognized in international climate frameworks. Under the Paris Agreement and COP decisions, which approach would qualify as both a mitigation and adaptation co-benefit measure for urban heat?

current affairs MCQ #10530

  1. Question 1

    Q1. A municipal government in Karachi is experiencing severe urban heat island effects with temperatures regularly exceeding 45°C. City planners want to apply a nature-based solution recognized in international climate frameworks. Under the Paris Agreement and COP decisions, which approach would qualify as both a mitigation and adaptation co-benefit measure for urban heat?

    • A) Constructing underground thermal energy storage systems funded exclusively through carbon taxes
    • B) Installing rooftop photovoltaic panels on all government buildings to generate renewable electricity
    • C) Mandating that all new buildings use reflective white paint to reduce solar heat absorption
    • D) Expanding urban forests and green corridors to simultaneously sequester carbon and reduce ambient temperatures through evapotranspiration

    Answer: Expanding urban forests and green corridors to simultaneously sequester carbon and reduce ambient temperatures through evapotranspiration

    Explanation: Urban forests and green corridors function as nature-based solutions (NbS) recognised under Paris Agreement Article 5 and subsequent COP decisions, simultaneously sequestering carbon (mitigation) and lowering ambient temperatures through shading and evapotranspiration (adaptation). This dual co-benefit makes them uniquely eligible for both mitigation and adaptation climate finance streams.