Environment

(a)

The carbon credit system was ratified in conjunction with the Kyoto protocol.

(b)

Carbon credits are awarded to countries or groups that have reduced greenhouse gases below their emission quota.

(c)

The goal of the carbon credit system is to limit the increase of carbon dioxide emission.

(d)

Carbon credits are traded at a price fixed from time to time by the United Nations environment programs.

(a)

United Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972

(b)

UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio De Janerio, 1992

(c)

World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002

(d)

UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, 2009

(a)

Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro

(b)

Kyoto Protocol

(c)

Montreal Protocol

(d)

G-8 Summit, Hciligendamm

(a)

Carbon Footprint

(b)

Carbon Credit Rating

(c)

Clean Development Mechanism

(d)

Emission Reduction Norm

(a)

1 Only

(b)

2 Only

(c)

Both 1 and 2

(d)

Neither 1 nor 2

(a)

Davos

(b)

Nova Scotia

(c)

Johannesburg

(d)

Shanghai

(a)

The First Meeting of the Parties (MOP 1) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held in Philippines in the year 2004.

(b)

India is not a signatory to the Biosafety Protocol/Convention on Biological Diversity.

(c)

The Biosafety Protocol deals with genetically modified organisms.

(d)

The United States of America is a member of the Biosafety Protocol/Convention on Biological Diversity.