EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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guidelines for the burning of fossil fuels
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guidelines for reducing all natural causes of climate change
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an international agreement to reduce greenhouse emissions
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an agreement by the United States to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions
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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: -It is an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Kyoto Protocol applies to 6 greenhouse gases; carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride. It is an extension to the 1992 UNFCCC.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. It entered into force on 4 November 2016.
Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is containing emissions of greenhouse gases. Kyoto Protocol: It is an international agreement that aims to manage and reduce carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gases.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.