Why Are Less Developed Countries (LDCs)reluctant to Sign the Kyoto

question 42

Multiple Choice

Why are less developed countries (LDCs) reluctant to sign the Kyoto Protocol?

• A) Restricted emissions from most-developed countries (MDCs) created the problem.
• B) Emissions accumulated in the atmosphere from less developed countries since the nineteenth century and is the major culprit of today's problem
• C) Signing the Kyoto Protocol could limit the economic future of LDCs.
• D) Up to now, LDCs such as China and India have added very little to the build-up of greenhouse gases and have stable or descreasing emission rates.

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