Multiple choice

Which of these is an international treaty that sets binding obligations on industrialised countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases?

  1. Rio-earth summit

  2. Kyoto protocol

  3. Nagoya protocol

  4. Stockholm conference

  5. Helsinki declaration
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty that sets binding obligations on industrialised countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The UNFCCC is an environmental treaty with the goal of preventing dangerous anthropogenic (i.e., human-induced) interference of the climate system.

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