Kyoto Protocol 1997

Green House Conference is also known

(a) Kyoto Conference è

(b) Stockholm Conference

(c) The Montreal Protocol

(d) All of the above.

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Kyoto Protocol 1997 = The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO₂ emissions are driving it.

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was held in _____.

(a) 1993

(b) 1994

(c) 1997 è Kyoto Protocol

(d) 1992

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The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 is a part of the Convention on Climate Change adopted at -----------

A. China

B. USA

C. Italy

D. Japan è

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Kyoto Protocol was adopted in the year ______.

(a) 1996

(b) 1997 è

(c) 1998

(d) 1999

Explanation:

The Kyoto Protocol was adopted on 11 December 1997.

Owing to a complex ratification process, it entered into force on 16 February 2005.

Currently, there are 192 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.

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Kyoto protocol is related to _____________ .

(a) Ozone depletion

(b) Global warming è

(c) Acid rain

(d) Climate change

Explanation:

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty adopted in 1997 that aimed to reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming. The protocol called for reducing the emissions of six greenhouse gases in 41 countries plus the European Union to 5.2 percent below 1990 levels.

As of June 2013, there are 192 parties to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which aims to combat global warming.

 This total includes 191 states (189 United Nations member states as well as the Cook Islands and Niue) and one supranational union (the European Union).

On December 11, 1997, delegates from more than 150 countries signed the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to lower the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

Human activities release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which have been proven to cause climate change.

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39. The concept of ‘carbon credit’ originated from which one of the following?

(a) Kyoto Protocol

(b) Earth Summit

c) Montreal protocol

d) G-8 summit

Carbon Credit:

According to the Corporate Credit Institute, a carbon credit is a tradable permit or certificate that provides the holder of the credit the right to emit one ton of carbon dioxide or an equivalent of another greenhouse gas.

The concept of carbon credits emerged during the Kyoto Protocol discussions and is an integral part of today's environmental economics.

Carbon credits basically refer to certificates giving the beholder the right to emit 1 tonne of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.

Carbon credits are measurable, verifiable emission reductions from certified climate action projects. These projects reduce, remove or avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

In theory, carbon offsets help balance your carbon footprint by funding environmental projects that reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

One carbon offset credit supposedly equals one metric ton of carbon dioxide, or a comparable amount of other greenhouse gases, removed from the air.

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Consider the following statements:

i) Kyoto Protocol came into force in year 2005.

(ii) Kyoto protocol primarily deals vis reducing overall green house missions

iii) Carbon dioxide is five times more effective as a greenhouse gas than methane.

Which of the above statements is/are correct

(a) (i), and (ii) è

(b) (ii) and (iii)

(c) (i) only

(d) (iii) only.

Methane is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

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