HISTORY
THE WORLD TODAY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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fundamentalism and westernization.
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globalization and anti-globalization.
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command economies and market economies.
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economic development and environmental protection.
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Detailed explanation-1: -“The Kyoto Protocol was successful in terms of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, but has also had economic impacts, slowing down per capita GDP growth, ‘’ says Eren Cifci, a master’s student in Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Economics.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Protocol was in fact doomed from its birth in 1997 because it did not encompass the world’s largest and fastest growing economies; it excluded developing countries (including the Peoples Republic of China) from binding targets, and the USA failed to sign up.
Detailed explanation-4: -Developed, industrialized countries made a promise under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce their annual hydrocarbon emissions by an average of 5.2% by the year 2012. This number would represent about 29% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions.