Previous Year Question

Cartagena Protocol — Biosafety is correctly matched. Its full name is the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is an international agreement dealing with the safe handling, transport and use of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 and entered into force on 11 September 2003.

Stockholm Convention — Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is also correctly matched. The Stockholm Convention aims to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants that remain in the environment for long periods, can accumulate through the food chain and produce toxic effects. It was adopted on 22 May 2001 and entered into force on 17 May 2004.

Montreal Protocol — Ozone Layer is also correct. The Montreal Protocol protects the Earth's Ozone Layer by phasing out the production and consumption of Ozone-depleting substances (ODS). It was adopted in 1987.

However, Kyoto Protocol — Save water is incorrectly matched. The Kyoto Protocol is not a water-conservation treaty. It operationalizes the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and establishes Greenhouse Gas emission limitation and reduction commitments for developed countries. It was adopted on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005.

During its first commitment period of 2008–2012, the relevant developed countries had an overall target amounting to an average reduction of approximately 5% below 1990 greenhouse-gas emission levels.

Cartagena → Biosafety
Stockholm → Persistent Organic Pollutants
Montreal → Ozone Layer
Kyoto → Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction