Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
UGC NET December 2023 (08.12.2023) Shift-II
In which one of the following Conferences of Parties (COP) was the Kyoto Protocol adopted?
ACOP-1
BCOP-3 ✓ Correct
CCOP-7
DCOP-10
Correct answer: (B) COP-3 — The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at COP-3, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at COP-3, so that is the answer.
★The Conferences of the Parties are the annual UN climate change meetings.
★COP-3 was held in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997.
★There the parties agreed on binding greenhouse gas emission cuts.
★This agreement became the Kyoto Protocol.
★So the Kyoto Protocol was adopted at COP-3.
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