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Subject: Current Affairs Chapter: Climate Change & Global Warming

2016 PYQ

Question 75

What is 'Greenhouse Gas Protocol'?

Choose one answer AIt is an international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify and manage greenhouse gas emissions BIt is an initiative of the United Nations to offer financial incentives to developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adopt eco-friendly technologies CIt is an inter-governmental agreement ratified by all the member countries of the United Nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to specified levels by the year 2022 DIt is one of the multilateral REDD+ initiatives hosted by the World Bank

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Correct answer: A

Correct Option: A Explanation: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol provides internationally used methods and standards for organisations to inventory, report and manage GHG emissions (including scopes 1, 2 and 3). Option-wise Analysis: A: Correct - Correct-it is a GHG accounting and reporting framework developed by WRI and WBCSD. B: Incorrect - Climate finance incentives for developing countries are not its core definition. C: Incorrect - It is not a universal UN-ratified treaty imposing 2022 emissions quotas. D: Incorrect - REDD+ forest-carbon initiatives are different from this corporate accounting protocol.

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