Who among the following Indians was chosen as a member of a high-level advisory group on Climate Change Financing tasked with mobilising funds pledged during the Copenhagen meet to tackle global warming by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon?
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Rakesh Mohan
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M. S. Swaminathan
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Shashi Tharoor
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Sam Pitroda
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Montek Singh Ahluwalia
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Correct answer
Explanation
Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, is among 19 members chosen by UN chief Ban Ki-moon on March 4, 2010 for a high-level advisory group on Climate Change Financing tasked with mobilising funds pledged during the Copenhagen meet to tackle global warming. The Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change in December 2010 had failed to produce a legally-binding treaty. Instead, it settled for the Copenhagen Accord, whose key elements included a limit of 2 degree rise in global temperature; USD 100 billion in long-term financing to developing countries and USD 30 billion in short-term financing to the poorest and most vulnerable nations.