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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper 1, question 90

Topic: Environment and ecology

Q90

Which organization has enacted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss?

  1. (a) The European UnionCorrect answer
  2. (b) The World Bank
  3. (c) The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  4. (d) The Food and Agriculture Organization

Solution.

Answer: (a) The European Union

  1. The European Union enacted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) in June 2024 as a pillar of the European Green Deal and EU Biodiversity Strategy.
  2. It sets legally binding targets for EU member states to restore at least 20% of the EU's land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.