EPFO 2012 Solved Paper

The Kyoto Protocol is relate to clean environment and climate change. It was initially adopted on 11th December, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan and entered into Force on 16th February, 2005.As of July 2010,191 states have signed and ratified the protocol. 37 countries have committed themselves to a reduction of 6 gases, namely carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulphur hexa fluoride, hydrofluorocarbons and perfluoro carbons produced by them. These countries have also agreed to reduce their collective greenhouse emissions by 5.2% from the 1990 level.