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International Environmental Treaties

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International environmental treaties are critical agreements governing global sustainability, waste management, and climate change protocols. These topics are essential components of the general awareness syllabus for UPSC, banking, and SSC exams. Practice these questions to master global conventions.

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International Environmental Treaties Questions

Multiple choice economics sustainable development with equity liberalisation objectives of economic planning in india need for sustainable development introduction to social movements and its types social movements

How many countries signed the Paris Agreement, which is a global agreement for the reduction of climate change?

  1. 125

  2. 196

  3. 188

  4. 157
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that have hampered food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall. There was a United Nations Climate Change Conference that was held in the year 2015 in Paris, France which is also known as the Paris agreement. It was signed by around 196 countries. 

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____________ marks the beginning of international cooperation to protect the health of our planet.

  1. Paris Agreement

  2. Climate Control Cooperation

  3. Association for Control of Global Warming

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

While there were earlier efforts, the Paris Agreement is widely recognized as a landmark international cooperation effort to address global climate change.

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Which of the following is true regarding the 'Compendium on Human Rights and the Environment'?

  1. It describes multilateral environmental agreements

  2. It describes international human rights treaties

  3. It describes international resolutions and declarations

  4. All the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Compendium on Human Rights and the Environment' is released by United Nation’s Environment Program. All the given options are true regarding this, because it describes multilateral environmental agreements, it describes international human rights treaties, it describes international resolutions and declarations.

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The first International Earth Summit was held in ___________.

  1. 1991

  2. 1992

  3. 1993

  4. 1995
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B Correct answer
Explanation

First Earth summit which is also called as United Nations conference on environment and development was held in the year 1992 on 14th June. It was held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

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Kyoto protocol is a multination international treaty for

  1. phasing out greenhouse gases

  2. controlling ozone destroying substances

  3. management of hazardous wastes

  4. conservation of biodiversity
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Kyoto protocol is an international treaty which extends the 1992 united nations framework convention on climate change (UNFCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring.

So, the correct option is Phasing out greenhouse gases.

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The Kyoto Protocol is protocol for :

  1. agreement to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases

  2. disagreement to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases

  3. agreement to increase the emission of greenhouse gases

  4. agreement to reduce the emission of greenhouse liquid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The primary objective of the Kyoto Protocol is to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases to combat global warming.

Multiple choice

What does the Kyoto agreement look at?

  1. Climate change.

  2. Nuclear waste.

  3. Rising sea levels.

  4. Access to healthcare.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, committing state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Multiple choice

What is 'CITES'?

  1. The 1992 Rio Earth Summit

  2. International agreement between most of the governments

  3. Scheme to encourage farmers to manage and conserve wildlife

  4. Rio Convention
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.

Multiple choice

The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at the:

  1. Third Conference of the UNFCC in 1997

  2. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

  3. Convention on Biological Diversity

  4. Convention on Trans-boundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Kyoto Protocol was formally adopted at the third session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) to the UNFCCC, which took place in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997. It set internationally binding emission reduction targets for industrialized countries.

Multiple choice

What is the Montreal Protocol?

  1. An agreement of world peace

  2. An agreement to protect the ozone

  3. An agreement on women’s rights

  4. An agreement on Nuclear weapons
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.