Sustainable | MCQs

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2022 Theme: Rising up from drought together

2021 Theme: Restoration, Land, Recovery

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The COP-26 Climate Conference held in Glasgow focused on several key declarations:

1. Urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: A commitment to limit global warming to 1.5°C by significantly cutting emissions.
2. Launch of new initiatives and sector deals: Including efforts to phase out coal, curb methane emissions, and promote clean energy solutions.
3. Finalization of rules: Countries agreed on transparency rules for reporting emissions and mechanisms for international carbon trading.

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 Montreal Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer, agreed on 16 September 1987, and entered into force on 1 January 1989.

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Germany has agreed on a long-term energy partnership with Qatar as it looks to reduce its dependence on Russian gas, on March 20, 2022. Talks were held in Qatar with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, one of the world`s three biggest exporters of liquified natural gas (LNG).

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• In September 2015, the United Nations replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• The SDGs are a set of 17 goals aimed at ending poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring peace and prosperity for all, by 2030.
• The MDGs were a set of 8 goals that were launched in 2000 and ended in 2015.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with SDG Progress award for Bangladesh's steady progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN-sponsored Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).

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In July 2024, China unveiled the world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant, which uses solar heat to produce 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy.

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• hydrogen gas can not use as fuel
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• "AS " is best to keep the meaning of the original sentence
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• TWO REASONS WHY WE USE THE "AS" PREPOSITION IN THE ABOVE SENTENCE

• 1: We use as with a noun to refer to the role or purpose of a person or thing:
• Fuel is a noun 
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• 2: "AS" preposition is used in those sentences in which two things indicate the same meaning or use the same purpose
• For example 
• Hydrogen can also serve as fuel. 
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World Hunger Day is annually observed on 28 May.

Theme 2022: Youth Ending Hunger

Theme 2023: Sustainability

Theme 2024: Thriving Mothers, Thriving World

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