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What was the Kyoto Protocol?
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Commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
B
Keep Global tempures below 2C
C
Commit state Parties to stop greenhouse gas emissions
D
Commit state parties to go to reduce space pollution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In short, the Kyoto Protocol operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kyoto Protocol, a legally binding treaty was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on December 11, 1997 and entered into force on February 16, 2005. The Protocol commits industrialized countries to limit and reduce GHG emissions by 5.2% below the 1990s base year level by 2008–12 in aggregate (the first commitment period).

Detailed explanation-3: -The first period of the Kyoto Protocol ran from 2008 to 2012, and the commitment that the 180 countries adhering to it took on was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 5% compared to 1990.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Kyoto basket encompasses the following six greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and the so-called F-gases(hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).

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