World Environment Conference to discuss global warming was held in 1997 in
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- AStockholm
- BRio de janeiro
- CParis
- DKyotoCorrect
Explanation
The correct answer is D because the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. This international conference was specifically organized under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to address global warming by setting binding targets for industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Other options are incorrect because the Stockholm Conference took place in 1972, the Rio Earth Summit occurred in 1992, and the Paris Agreement was signed much later in 2015.
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