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THE KYOTO PROTOCOL

source: www.unfccc.org

www.pewclimate.org

The Kyoto Protocol is the policy solution to start controlling climate change…

the UN Climate Change Convention (better known as ‘Kyoto Protocol’) encouraged the developed countries to stabilise emissions. The Protocol will commit them to reducing their collective emissions by at least 5%;

the overall 5% target for developed countries is to be met through cuts of 8% in the European Union (EU), Switzerland, and most Central and East European states; 7% in the US; and 6% in Canada, Hungary, Japan, and Poland. New Zealand, Russia, and Ukraine are to stabilise their emissions, while Norway may increase emissions by up to 1%, Australia by up to 8%, and Iceland 10%;

the United States, with 20.6% of global emissions of greenhouse gases and less than 5% of world population, has not signed the Kyoto Protocol;

the four largest developing countries - China, India, Indonesia, and Brazil - account for 44% of the global population but only 24% of global emissions;

the Kyoto Protocol entered into force on 17 February 2005: 143 states are part of the Protocol and covering 66.6% of developed countries emissions.

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