Choose the correct answer from the option given below. The Kyoto Protocol:

A. was agreed in 1997 in Kyoto (Japan)

B. Is a national agreement setting targets for industrialised countries.

C. Based on principles set out in UNFCCC.

D. Does not deal with greenhouse gas emissions.

E. Under this protocol, carbon dioxide, methane, hydro-fluoro carbons, etc. are considered at least partly responsible for global warming.

A, C, E only

The correct answer is option (4) - A, C, E only

Statements B and D are incorrect as:

B. Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement not a national agreement setting targets for industrialised countries.
D. Kyoto Protocol deals with greenhouse gas emissions.

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 (CORRECT VERSION OF OPTION B) to cut their greenhouse gas emissions (RELATED TO OPTION D). Certain gases like Carbon dioxide, Methane, Hydrofluorocarbons etc. are considered at least partly responsible for global warming (OPTION E) - 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 (OPTION A), based on principles set out in UNFCCC (OPTION C).