Correct answer: (b) 1 and 2
Explanation
- A
1 only
1 only. Incomplete. Relationship 1 is right — BUR-4’s reported ~8% GHG fall in 2020 over 2019 supplies empirical climate-inventory support around Statement I’s LT-LEDS / net-zero framing — but relationship 2 is also correct, so “1 only” is not the key.
- B
1 and 2
1 and 2. Correct. Statement I (LT-LEDS as a long-term tool toward net-zero by 2070) is empirically supported by Statement II’s BUR-4 emission figure; Statement III’s insistence on quick, short-term emission cuts contradicts the long-term pathway implicit in Statement I. Relationship 3 fails because I and III pull in opposite directions and do not jointly set a long-term sustainability premise.
- C
2 and 3
2 and 3. Incorrect. Relationship 2 is right, but relationship 3 is not: Statement I and Statement III contradict each other, so they cannot together establish long-term sustainability.
- D
3 only
3 only. Incorrect. Statement I and Statement III do not together establish a long-term sustainability premise; III’s short-term-cuts logic cuts against I’s long-term LT-LEDS approach.
Summary. Official key is (b): relationships 1 and 2 hold — BUR-4 empirically backs the LT-LEDS climate-response frame, and Statement III contradicts I’s long-term approach — while relationship 3 does not.
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