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WorksheetsInternational Environmental Agreements
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out substances responsible
Montreal Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
Madrid Protocol
Yucca Protocol
The GATT was a bilateral agreement whose objective was to liberalize trade by eliminating tariffs, subsidies, import quotas, and the like.
True
False
Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his/her contributions to climate action?
Greta Thunberg
Al Gore
Malala Yousafzai
Beyonce
What 1995 Protocol legally binds developed country Parties to emission reduction targets? This Protocol's first commitment period started in 2008 and ended in 2012. The second commitment period began on 1 January 2013 and will end in 2020.
New York Protocol
The Hague Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
It is an international agreement in 1987, in which countries agreed to restrict the use of chemicals that damage the ozone layer.
Kyoto Protocol
Memorandum Order 399
Republict Act 9729
Montreal Protocol
It is an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO₂ emissions are driving it.
Kyoto Protocol
Memorandum Order 399
Republict Act 9729
Montreal Protocol
It is the country who has the highest greenhouse gas emissions.
Russia
India
USA
China
Under this, the countries define a problem and jointly commit to address it, but don't specify concretely the steps to be adopted:
Convention
Protocol
Treaty
Agreement
Under this agreement, the countries specify concretely the steps/ actions to be adopted and institutions to be established for the implementation:
Convention
Protocol
Treaty
MoU
Under this fully developed agreement, the countries specify the problems, steps, actions to be adopted for the implementation and enforcement:
Convention
Protocol
Treaty
MoU
When international agreements are being negotiated, the focus is usually on ______ issues, but the underlying factors are __________.
political; economic
economic; political
social; economic
political; social
The Montreal Protocol was signed by _____ nations in 1987.
20
22
24
26
The main provisions of the Montreal Protocol included all of the following EXCEPT:
Phasing out the protection and consumption of Ozone depleting substances.
Setting up of a Multilateral Fund by developed countries to help developing countries.
Protection of marine life.
Trade restrictions or bans on ozone depleting substances.
The Kyoto Protocol was enacted in _________ and came into force in _______.
1987; 2005
1997; 2005
1999; 2002
2000; 2010
__________ was the first international effort to control the emission of GHGs.
Montreal Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
Paris Treaty
GATT
The Kyoto Protocol's ineffectiveness was due to all of the following EXCEPT:
Setting of quantitative limits for GHGs
Not sufficiently involving developing countries
Making perspective plans
Focussing only on short-term goals
