Question
Write a note on the international efforts in reducing greenhouse gases.
Solution
International efforts have been initiated for reducing the emission of GHGs into the atmosphere.
i. The most important one is the Kyoto protocol proclaimed in 1997.
ii. This protocol went into effect in 2005, ratified by 141 nations.
iii. Kyoto protocol bounds the 35 industrialised countries to reduce their emissions by the year 2012 to 5 percent less than the levels prevalent in the year 1990.
