The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. It did not require immediate, drastic actions but set binding targets for industrialized countries to reduce their emissions over time.

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The Kyoto Protocol

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The Kyoto Protocol

A) was designed to warm the colder portions of the Earth, primarily those at higher latitudes.
B) called for immediate, drastic reductions in the production of Carbon Dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
C) was negotiated in the late 1980s before the end of the Cold War.
D) does not require signatories to take immediate, drastic action, but begin a process of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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