15 Facts About Kyoto Protocol

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Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it.

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The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005.

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The Kyoto Protocol applied to the seven greenhouse gases listed in Annex A: carbon dioxide, Methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride .

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Kyoto Protocol was based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities: it acknowledged that individual countries have different capabilities in combating climate change, owing to economic development, and therefore placed the obligation to reduce current emissions on developed countries on the basis that they are historically responsible for the current levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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Main goal of the Kyoto Protocol was to control emissions of the main anthropogenic greenhouse gases in ways that reflect underlying national differences in GHG emissions, wealth, and capacity to make the reductions.

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The Kyoto Protocol establishes a structure of rolling emission reduction commitment periods.

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Kyoto Protocol defines three "flexibility mechanisms" that can be used by Annex I Parties in meeting their emission limitation commitments.

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Japan's national policy to meet their Kyoto Protocol target includes the purchase of AAUs sold under GISs.

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The Framework Convention and its Kyoto Protocol include provisions for future policy actions to be taken.

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In 2008, countries with a Kyoto Protocol cap made up less than one-third of annual global carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion.

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World Bank commented on how the Kyoto Protocol had only had a slight effect on curbing global emissions growth.

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We denounce the fact that neither the [United Nations] nor the Kyoto Protocol recognizes the existence or the contributions of Indigenous Peoples.

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Conditions of the Kyoto Protocol consist of mandatory targets on greenhouse gas emissions for the world's leading economies.

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Kyoto Protocol's goals are challenged by climate change deniers, who condemn strong scientific evidence of the human impact on climate change.

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New Zealand's climate minister Tim Groser said the 15-year-old Kyoto Protocol was outdated, and that New Zealand was "ahead of the curve" in looking for a replacement that would include developing nations.

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