Arrange the following international events held in year 2024 in the correct chronological order:

Question

Arrange the following international events held in year 2024 in the correct chronological order:

i. World Biodiversity Summit (Cali)

ii. World Climate Summit (New York)

iii. World Climate Summit (Baku)

iv. World Biodiversity Summit (New York)

v. Climate Investment Summit (London)

Choose the correct order:

1. A. iv, iii, i, v, ii
2. B. i, iv, iii, v, ii
3. C. v, ii, iv, i, iii (Correct answer)
4. D. ii, iv, v, i, iii

Correct Answer

Option C — v, ii, iv, i, iii

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is v, ii, iv, i, iii.

Key Points

• Arranging the 2024 events by date:

• The order is therefore v → ii → iv → i → iii.

Additional Information

• COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity was held at Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November 2024. It was billed as the "People's COP" and produced agreement on a permanent body for indigenous peoples and local communities, plus the "Cali Fund" for benefit-sharing from digital sequence information on genetic resources.
• COP29 of the UNFCCC was held at Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. Dubbed the "Finance COP", its central outcome was a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) of $300 billion a year by 2035 for developing countries — a figure India and other developing nations criticised as far short of need.
• The New York events took place during Climate Week NYC, held alongside the UN General Assembly's Summit of the Future in September 2024.
• Useful anchor: the UN climate COP is always held in November, and the biodiversity COP in October, so those two can always be placed at the end of the year.