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Appropriate measures to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions are the commitments of the:

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Montreal protocol

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Environment Act

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Kyoto protocol

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Earth Summit

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Solution

The correct option is D Kyoto protocol
Kyoto protocol was formally adopted in December, 1997 in an international conference held in Kyoto Japan. The protocol obtained commitments from different countries for reducing overall green house gas emissions at a level of 5 percent below 1990 level by 2008 to 2012 for different countries.

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