Correct Answer:
(C) Climate change
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which commits its parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.
Note: The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto on 11 December, 1997, and entered into force on 16 February, 2005. Hence statement (1) is correct. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Hence statement (2) is incorrect. The global warming potential (GWP) of a gas depends on the efficiency of the atoms of that gas and its environmental life-cycle. The environmental life cycle of carbon dioxide is changeable while its global warming potential remain constant (GWP = 1). The global warming potential of Methane was observed 72 in the last twenty years. Therefore, Methane is more dangerous and effective as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
Ques: 2
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Correct Answer:
(D)
Kyoto Protocol - Save water
Cartagena Protocol - Biosafety
Stockholm Convention - Persistent organic pollutant
Montreal Protocol - Ozone Layer
Kyoto Protocol - Climate change.
Ques: 3
What is ‘Greenhouse Gas Protocol’?
Correct Answer:
(A) It is an international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify and manage greenhouse gas emissions
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the most widely used international accounting tool for Government and business leaders to understand, quantify and manage greenhouse gas emission. A decade-long partnership between the World Resource Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for sustainable development, the GHG Protocol is working with businesses, governments and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change. Hence (a) is the correct answer.
Ques: 4
Consider the following statements:
Kyoto Protocol came into force in the year 2005.
Kyoto protocol primarily deals with reducing overall greenhouse emissions.
Carbon dioxide is five times more effective as a greenhouse gas than methane.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct Answer:
(A) (i) and (ii)
The Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change was adopted on 11 December, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto Protocol came into effect on 16 February, 2005. It was adopted as a binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emission to the level of 1990. It had provision to reduce by 5.2%. Methane is about 86 times more power as greenhouse than CO2.
Ques: 5
Which reference to the 'New York Declaration on Forest', which of the following statements are correct?
It was first endorsed at the United Nations Climate Summit in 2014.
It endorses a global timeline to end the loss of forests.
It is a legally binding international declaration.
It is endorsed by governments, big companies and indigenous communities.
India was one of the signatories at its inception.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Correct Answer:
(A) 1, 2 and 4
The New York Declaration on Forests is a voluntary and non-legally binding political declaration which grew out of dialogue among governments, companies and civil society, spurred by the United Nations Secretary- General’s Climate Summit held in New York in 2014. For the first time, world leaders endorse a global timeline to cut natural forest loss in half by 2020, and strive to end it by 2030. It also calls for restoring forests and croplands of an area larger than India. Meeting these goals would cut between 4.5 and 8.8 billion tons of carbon pollution every year – about as much as the current emissions of the United States. The Declaration is currently endorsed by over 190 entities including more than 50 governments, more than 50 of the world’s biggest companies, and more than 50 influential civil society and indigenous organizations. It is not endorsed by India.