Consider the following statements:
- The International Solar Alliance was launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015.
- The Alliance includes all the member countries of the United Nations.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Answer is Wrong!
Answer is Right!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC IAS – 2016
Statement 2 is incorrect. The ISA was initially conceived for countries located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, which receive abundant sunlight. While its membership has since been expanded to include all member states of the United Nations, it does not *automatically* include *all* member countries; they must sign and ratify the ISA Framework Agreement to become members. As of 2023, not all UN member countries are members of the ISA.