Question 38: Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence in paragraph 3? A. Had policy frameworks addressed existing gap...

Question 38: Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence in paragraph 3?

A. Had policy frameworks addressed existing gaps, the coastal areas would not have turned into a source of carbon leakage.

B. If the coast became a seawall against storms, policy gaps would prevent the climate ledger from leaking information.

C. No sooner had the coast acted as a seawall than policy gaps were found to be the main leak in the climate ledger.

D. Were the climate ledger to have a leak, the coast would definitely become a seawall despite the existence of policy gaps.