Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:The UNFCCC was framed during the Kyoto Protocol, 1997.
Statement II:The Kyoto Protocol set up different carbon limits for individual nations, depending on their output before 1990.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Explanation
The framework convention on climate change was actually adopted at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, not during the 1997 Kyoto meeting.
Statement 1 is therefore wrong about when the convention was framed.
Statement 2 is correct because the Kyoto Protocol assigned different targets by nation.
Those targets were set against each country's emissions in the 1990 baseline year.
The first statement fails while the second is accurate.
The Kyoto Protocol was the first treaty to set binding emission cuts for developed countries.
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