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When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?

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A

1992

B

1995

C

1997

D

1999

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Correct Answer :

Option C

1997

Solution :

The correct option is 1997.

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it.

The protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005.

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