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Read the passage and answer the question: Sacred groves embody a rich set of forest preservation practices and they share characteristics with common property resource systems. Their size ranges from clumps of a few trees to several hundred acres. Traditionally, sacred groves have been valued for their embodied spiritual and cultural attributes. Hindus commonly worshipped natural objects, including trees and groves. Many temples have originated from sacred groves. Deep religious reverence for nature, rather than resource scarcity, seems to be the basis for the long-standing commitment to preserving these forests. |
Why were India, China and other developing countries exempted from the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol? |
Their contribution to the emission of greenhouse gases during the industrialization period was not significant. They are the most populous countries and were thus exempted. They paid in advance for the damage that would be caused by them for the next 50 years. None of the above. |
Their contribution to the emission of greenhouse gases during the industrialization period was not significant. |
The correct answer is Option 1 - Their contribution to the emission of greenhouse gases during the industrialization period was not significant. India, China and other developing countries were exempt from the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol because their contribution to the emission of greenhouse gases during the industrialization period (that is believed to be causing today’s global warming and climate change) was not significant. 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. |
