Environmental Policies Review

What is a key difference between the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol regarding the scope of participation?

• The Kyoto Protocol initially applied only to developed countries, while the Paris Agreement includes both developed and developing countries.

• The Kyoto Protocol is binding on all countries, while the Paris Agreement is voluntary for developed countries.

• The Paris Agreement focuses solely on emission reduction targets, while the Kyoto Protocol emphasizes long-term goals.

• The Paris Agreement includes only developed countries, while the Kyoto Protocol includes both developed and developing countries.

Which flexibility mechanism was introduced by the Kyoto Protocol to help countries meet their emission reduction targets?

• Emissions Trading and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

• Joint Implementation (JI) and Emissions Trading

• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI)

• Emissions Trading and Joint Implementation (JI)

What is the long-term goal set by the Paris Agreement regarding global warming?

• Establish a framework for countries to assess and enhance their efforts

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 5% below 1990 levels

• Pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius

• Limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius

Which agreement allowed for a reduction, and eventual elimination, of CFC production and use?

• Montreal Protoccol
• Kyoto Protoccol
• Paris Agreement
• Yo MaMa

What is the name of the international agreement committing parties to phasing out ozone depleting substances and phasing out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?

• Vienna Protocol

• Paris Agreement

• Montreal Protocol

• Antarctic Convention

Which of the following international treaties bans the hunting, capture, and sale of threatened or endangered species in 181 countries? CITES

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)

• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES)

• National Enviornmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Which answer choice addresses the issue of stratospheric ozone depletion?

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Endangered Species Act

• National Environment Policy Act

Makes use of science, ethics, economics, and political process to solve environmental problems.

• industrialization

• environmental policy

• environmental science

• environmental Impact statement

International law where countries agree to cut back on carbon emissions to curb climate change

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Stockholm Agreement

• CITES

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity are examples of

• organizations that promote poaching.

• international organisation on climate change.

• international treaties to protect biodiversity.

• laws to increase the number of species