{"id":562,"date":"2023-06-13T12:13:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T06:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=562"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:40:36","slug":"q-what-is-greenhouse-gas-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-what-is-greenhouse-gas-protocol","title":{"rendered":"Q. What is Greenhouse Gas Protocol?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is an international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify and manage greenhouse gas emissions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is an initiative of the United Nations to offer financial incentives to developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adopt eco-friendly technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is an inter-governmental agreement ratified by all the member countries of the United Nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to specified levels by the year 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is one of the multilateral REDD+ initiatives hosted by the World Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) It is an international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify and manage greenhouse gas emissions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Green House Gas Protocol<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the most widely used&nbsp;<strong>international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The GHG Protocol, a&nbsp;<strong>decade-plus&nbsp;partnership<\/strong>&nbsp;between the<strong>&nbsp;World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)<\/strong>, is working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It provides the&nbsp;<strong>accounting framework for nearly every GHG standard and program<\/strong>&nbsp;in the world \u2013 from the International Standards Organization to The Climate Registry \u2013 as well as hundreds of GHG inventories prepared by individual companies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The GHG Protocol offers an&nbsp;<strong>internationally accepted management tool<\/strong>&nbsp;to help businesses to compete in the global marketplace and governments to make informed decisions about climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_580dcb-7c .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_580dcb-7c .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_580dcb-7c\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (a) It is an international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify and manage greenhouse gas emissions. 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