The Carbon Credits can be accumulated by which of the following means Reducing emissions Carbon capt...........

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The Carbon Credits can be accumulated by which of the following means?

Reducing emissions
Carbon capture and planting forests
Avoiding emissions by refraining from cutting down rainforests

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1&2 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

The UNFCCC developed a carbon credit proposal to reduce worldwide carbon emissions in a 1997 agreement known as the Kyoto Protocol.

A carbon credit is a generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide or the equivalent amount of a different greenhouse gas.

If one party can’t stop emitting CO2, it can ask another to emit less so that, even as the first carries on producing CO2, the total amount of carbon in the atmosphere is reduced. There are three basic types of carbon credit

Those from reduced emissions (typically energy efficiency measures)
Removed emissions (carbon capture and planting forests)
And avoided emissions (for example refraining from cutting down rainforests).

Note: The Rishiganga project was among the several hydropower projects that had applied to secure carbon credits under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in early 2012.

Hence option 4th is correct.