Global Warming and Change in Atmospheric Chemistry
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When was the Constitution of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPC formed?
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- 1972
- 1988
- 1990
- 1997
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What was the main aim of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCE or First Earth Summit?
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- To reduce the production of ozone-depleting chemicals
- To reduce the emission of carbon dioxide
- To combat global warming
- To evaluate the implementation of Agenda 21
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What was the outcome of the Berlin Summit held in 1995?
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- Agreement on the fixing of amount of emission of carbon dioxide by different countries
- Reduction in the emission of carbon dioxide by 20%
- Formation of Intergovernmental Agreement Committee
- No agreement could be arrived at for the fixing of amount of emission of carbon dioxide by different countries
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What was the name of the agreement signed in the third summit of the advocates of the climate change held in Kyoto?
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- Desertification Agreement
- Stockholm Agreement
- Kyoto Agreement
- Hague Declaration
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What was the aim of the Tenth Conference of Parties (CoP-10) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC?
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- To combat global warming and implement Kyoto Protocol
- To reduce the production of ozone-depleting chemicals
- To decrease the production of synthetic chemical compounds by 50%
- To evaluate the implementation of Agenda 21
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How many agreements, declarations, protocols, et, were signed until 1997 regarding environmental quality?
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- 150
- 158
- 178
- 199
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When and where was the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCE, also known as the Earth Summit or Rio Summit, held?
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- June 3-14, 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- June 3-14, 1997, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- June 14-25, 1992, in New York, USA
- June 14-25, 1997, in New York, USA
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What were the primary objectives of the Earth Summit?
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- Protection of the earth and its environment, maintenance of ecological balance, and to enrich biodiversity.
- Promotion of economic growth, increased consumption of natural resources, and expansion of industrialization.
- Development of new technologies, increase in energy consumption, and exploration of new resources.
- None of the above.
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How many developed and developing countries’ representatives attended the Earth Summit?
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- 150
- 158
- 178
- 199
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What were the five important agenda of the Earth Summit?
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- Rise in global temperature (global warming), forest protection, biodiversity, agenda 21, and Rio declaration.
- Protection of human rights, promotion of economic growth, increase in industrialization, exploration of new resources, and reduction of poverty.
- Development of new technologies, increase in energy consumption, expansion of urbanization, reduction of deforestation, and promotion of tourism.
- None of the above.
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Which of the following gases have been identified as major factors of global warming?
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- Carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbon, nitrous oxide
- Oxygen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide
- Carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, neon
- None of the above
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What is the relative share of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbon, methane, and nitrous oxide in greenhouse gas emissions up to 1990?
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- 51%, 20%, 16%, and 16% respectively
- 20%, 51%, 16%, and 16% respectively
- 16%, 16%, 20%, and 51% respectively
- 16%, 20%, 51%, and 16% respectively
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Why did the U.S. exclude private forests from the proposed forest conservation law?
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- Because they did not have the resources to maintain private forests.
- Because most forests in the U.S. come under private ownership.
- Because they did not believe in the concept of forest conservation.
- None of the above.
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Why did developing countries reject the U.S. proposal for forest conservation?
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- Because they believed forests are their national property and cannot be brought under any international law.
- Because they did not care about forest conservation.
- Because they believed the U.S. was trying to claim their forest resources.
- None of the above.
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What was the purpose of the Second Earth Summit?
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- To evaluate the progress and implementation of proposals and Agenda 21 agreed during the First Earth Summit.
- To discuss and review the programmes and action plans accepted during the Rio Summit.
- To agree on concrete and fruitful results for various agenda endorsed during the Rio Summit.
- None of the above.
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What was the result of the Second Earth Summit?
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- Concrete and fruitful results were achieved for various agenda endorsed during the Rio Summit.
- No agreement could be made on any agend
- The pace of deforestation got accelerate
- None of the above.
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What was the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
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- To conserve and maintain forests as a shared property of the world community.
- To reduce global warming by cutting down the emission of carbon dioxide.
- To evaluate the progress and implementation of proposals and Agenda 21 agreed during the First Earth Summit.
- None of the above.
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What was the main proposal presented by the island nations during the Kyoto Summit?
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- To reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by 30% by 2008-12
- To conserve and maintain forests as a shared property of the world community.
- To control the emission of carbon dioxide in developing countries.
- None of the above.
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What is carbon trading?
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- An agreement between countries to transfer carbon dioxide from one country to another
- An agreement between countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions
- An agreement between countries to increase greenhouse gas emissions
- An agreement between countries to sell unused carbon quotas to other countries
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What happens if at least 60 countries do not endorse and implement the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol?
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- The protocol will still be effective
- The protocol will be automatically invalidated
- The protocol will be renegotiated
- The protocol will be enforced by the United Nations