Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Environment and Natural Resources

Question:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I

LIST II

A. The United Nations Framework Conventions

I. 1992

B. Kyoto Protocol

II. 1987

C. The World Council of Indigenous People

III. 1997

D. Brundtland Report

IV. 1975

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

Correct Answer:

A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4: A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

LIST I

LIST II

A. The United Nations Framework Conventions

I. 1992

B. Kyoto Protocol

III. 1997

C. The World Council of Indigenous People

IV. 1975

D. Brundtland Report

II. 1987

Explanation:

The 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) also provides that the parties should act to protect the climate system “on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.” The parties to the Convention agreed that the largest share of historical and current global emissions of greenhouse gases has originated in developed countries. It was also acknowledged that per capita emissions in developing countries are still relatively low. China, India, and other developing countries were, therefore, exempted from the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement setting targets for industrialised countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Certain gases like Carbon dioxide, Methane, Hydrofluorocarbons etc. are considered at least partly responsible for global warming - the rise in global temperature which may have catastrophic consequences for life on Earth. The protocol was agreed to in 1997 in Kyoto in Japan, based on principles set out in UNFCCC.

Issues related to the rights of the indigenous communities have been neglected in domestic and international politics for very long. During the 1970s, growing international contacts among indigenous leaders from around the world aroused a sense of common concern and shared experiences. The World Council of Indigenous Peoples was formed in 1975. The Council became subsequently the first of 11 indigenous NGOs to receive consultative status in the UN.

The 1987 Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, warned that traditional patterns of economic growth were not sustainable in the long term, especially in view of the demands of the South for further industrial development.