The Kyoto protocol was entered into force in the year:
A. 2005
B. 1997
C. 2000
D. 2002

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Option 4 is the correct answer: the Kyoto Protocol came into force in 2005.

Kyoto Protocol is a mechanism which set limits for the industrialised nations to reduce the greenhouse gases emissions as aimed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
It was adopted in 1997 but did not come into force as the process required ratification by 55% member states.
After the ratification by Russia in 2004, it came into force in 2005.
The flexible market mechanism of the Kyoto protocol talks about the trading of emission permits
It laid three mechanisms by which countries can reduce their emissions:
- Joint Implementation.
- The Clean Development Mechanism.
- Emission Trading.