UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

The Survey notes that while adaptation is crucial for vulnerable countries, global finance flows remain inadequate and largely mitigation-centric. This leaves India and other developing nations to shoulder a large part of adaptation costs from their own budgets. Such a pattern raises concerns about climate justice, because those least responsible for emissions face both high impacts and high self-financed adaptation burdens. (VISION IAS)

Option A:
This option is incorrect; multiple reports show that adaptation finance is far below estimated needs and that countries still demand more concessional support.

Option B:
This option is incorrect because global climate finance flows are in fact skewed towards mitigation, not adaptation, so the statement reverses the actual pattern described in the Survey.

Option C:
This option rightly captures the Survey’s emphasis that adaptation finance lags behind and that mitigation receives a larger share of global climate funds. It also explains why India calls for parity between mitigation and adaptation finance in climate negotiations.

Option D:
This option is wrong because there is no automatic guarantee that all adaptation costs will be met by international funds; countries must mobilise domestic resources as well.