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Dec 8, 2012 · In short, the Kyoto Protocol operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets.
Under the Kyoto Protocol, 37 industrialized countries and the European Community (the European Union-15, made up of 15 states at the time of the Kyoto negotiations) commit themselves to binding targets for GHG emissions.
Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005. The treaty intends to commit state parties to reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions.
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The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall periodically review this Protocol in the light of the best available scientific information and assessments on climate change and its impacts, as well as relevant technical, social and economic information.
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Oct 11, 2023 · The Kyoto Protocol committed industrialized countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by agreed individual targets. The Kyoto Protocol also established a rigorous monitoring, review, and verification system, as well as a compliance system to ensure transparency and hold Parties to account.
Kyoto Protocol, international treaty, named for the Japanese city in which it was adopted in December 1997, designed to reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming.
Fact sheet: The Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at the third Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 3) in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997. The Protocol shares the objective and institutions of the Convention. The major distinction between the two, however, is that while the Convention encouraged industrialized countries ...
