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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) was inaugurated at ____
A
Ahmedabad
B
Kanpur
C
Noida
D
Kolkata
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -IbrahimThiaw today jointly inaugurated the 12- day 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to UNCCD at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida.

Detailed explanation-2: -India being the global host for COP 14 has taken over the COP Presidency from China for the next two years till 2021. India is among the select few countries to have hosted the COP of all three Rio conventions on climate change, biodiversity and land.

Detailed explanation-3: -Despite COVID pandemic, India as president of UNCCD COP14 made significant contributions in bringing the nations together towards the global goal of halting and reversing land degradation: Shri Bhupender Yadav.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fourteenth session of the Conference of Parties (COP 14) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was held from 2 to 13 September 2019 in New Delhi, India.

Detailed explanation-5: -Why in News? Recently, the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change addressed the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15)of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Cote d’Ivoire (Western Africa).

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