Q. Consider the following statements:
1.An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) measures the impact of a project on the environment.
2.Climate change considerations are incorporated into the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as part of the project approval process.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation –
Statement 1 is correct. An EIA is a process that evaluates the likely environmental impacts of a proposed project or development, including inter-related socio-economic, cultural, and human-health impacts, both beneficial and adverse.
Statement 2 is incorrect. Climate change considerations are not usually incorporated in EIA. There is a growing recognition of the need to better integrate climate change impacts into EIAs, but it is not yet a consistent practice globally.
Source: The Hindu
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