Question

Which is the only industrialised country of the world that did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

Options

• Russia

• United States

• Japan

• France

Answer 1

United States

Explanation:
The United States of America is the only country which did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which extends the 1992 United  Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the fact that (a) global warming exists and (b) human-made CO2  emissions have caused it. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005.