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

question 13

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 decreasing emission rates.

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