Kyoto Protocol And Its Effect On The Earth 's Natural Cycles

The UNFCCC was established in 1994 to address climate change at an international level. Since then, the parties to the convention (including the EU) meet annually in Conferences of the Parties. The Kyoto Protocol (1997) set an obligation for developed countries to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, through setting national targets, using 1990 as a base level. The UK has been one of only a few countries to comply with the international obligation and has reduced GHG emissions since 1990.

The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement framed into the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It was raised the 11th of December of 1997 in the

In December of 1997, 160 countries gathered in Kyoto, Japan to agree upon a Protocol that will curb emissions and hopefully restore emission levels to pre-industrial numbers. This Protocol is the Kyoto Protocol established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Control.

During the earth’s 4.5 billion years, it has not been recorded for one species to alter the planet so radically as humans. The Anthropogenic era brings much anticipation and wonder on how far mankind will continue to change the planet and face the upcoming issues such as climate change that humanity will endure in the future.

The Kyoto Protocol, a set of international courtesy rules introduced at the Earth Summit in 1992, was one of the biggest steps taken in the direction towards reducing carbon emissions in industrialized countries. This protocol aimed at a five – pronged approach: commitment (towards reduction of greenhouse gases), implementation (of clean mechanisms), minimizing impact (on developing countries), integrity (through accounting, reporting and review) and compliance (through

Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the presence of greenhouse gases. Countries that ratify the Kyoto Protocol are assigned different maximum carbon emission levels and can participate in carbon credit trading. Demanding more than the assigned limit will result in a penalty for the violating country in the form of a lower emission limit in the following period.

Currently in today’s news it pays to scare the population. The mass populous is guaranteed to continue to read or watch the news if they think our world is coming to an end. Bjorn Lomborg writes this article in direct defense of his positive outlook on our earth’s state. Lomberg’s approach to fixing the earth’s environment is to not just how we can affect the future, but how we can help humanity and the earth now.

Many conventions, especially involving the UN are being held in order to look for a lasting solution to this problem (Vermeulen et al. 177). President Obama is always being heard talking about the issue of climate change, and how it endangers the life of all living things currently residing on planet earth. UN secretary General Ban ki Moon is also often bringing nations together to ponder on the best solution towards reducing the world’s carbon footprint, and further, reduce the emission of other harmful gases. The best

This paper will be divided in three parts, beginning with a brief background on the global warming agenda and tackle the issues surrounding the Kyoto Protocol. The second part will look at climate change and the protocol from the respective lenses of realism and liberalism. I will argue that while none of the theories precisely covers the entirety of the issue, each provides helpful analysis falls short of clarifying the entire climate change picture. Can states cooperate effectively through the structure of the Kyoto protocol to solve an international problem of global warming?”

Kyoto accord is a set of rules to the United Nations, on climate changes. This protocol is aimed at fighting global warming; UNFCCC is an international treaty to deal with the greenhouse gases and reduce their effect on the climates. This protocol was introduced in 1997 in Kyoto Japan and was enforced fully in 2005. Almost 187 countries signed this protocol to aid in the stopping of drastic detrimental changes to the environment. The protocol serves many purposes staring from the awareness about the global warming. This then legally states that members must help fight global warming. The protocol’s objective is to stabilize the reconstruction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to prevent dangerous altering with the climate. Specifically,

In fact, both China and India’s emissions increased dramatically as well as the United States is ranked as the largest emitter per capita in the world. The absence of these three countries made treaty not as successful. Furthermore, the system was relatively less flexible, which could be another reason the Kyoto Protocol failed. Less flexibility is based on the concept of strictly binding commitments that would lead countries offering conservative promises that ultimately have no real impacts on combating emissions. In contrast, the nations approached with a new style of the treaty that aligns with their self-interests made deeper cooperation.

In this day and age, it has become very easy to take advantage of the seemingly never ending natural resources, and current amenities which our society and scientific endeavors have made possible. However, what many fail to realize, is that on a daily basis, our luxuries are emitting Greenhouse gases into the world, and using up precious resources. While the exact date of when these will truly cause drastic results in our world in unknown, nations are finally starting to realize that actions need to be taken, in order to protect as much as we can. A good start to this was the creation of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, which calls for nations to have a 5% cut in

While governments must take the lead in halting climate change, it is also our re-sponsibility as individuals to do our part to reduce our own contributions to green¬house gas emissions. At home, we can use more energy efficient appliances and light bulbs, properly insulate our houses, and recycle. We should drive more fuel effi¬cient vehicles and use public transportation whenever possible. Tools are available to help us calculate our personal carbon emissions to identify areas where we could potentially improve.

In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol attempted to achieve the results that had been sought out when most of the nations of the world agreed to the terms set forth in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. The new treaty puts enforcement mechanisms in place, including the idea of carbon trading, that would reinforce the importance of lowering the amount of CO2 being released into our atmosphere. Looking back to that decision made eighteen years ago, I do not believe that the concept of carbon trading should have been introduced in lieu of a carbon tax as it is now a crutch used by corporations, both big and small, to either improve the profitability of their company by selling their unused carbon permits or to lawfully exceed the carbon limits by purchasing and using carbon permits as a free pass for excessive pollution.

There is no proof of how much countries need to reduce the production of Greenhouse gases, but since years ago that scientists have been studying attempts to solve te Global Warming and avoid or stop the climate changing. With the development of the technology, many countries start slowly replacing the old fashioned cars for electric cars to reduce the pollution, which is an example of use of alternative sources of energy. Use renewable energy such as wind, sun, hydro and geothermal energy, and reduce the coal burning from the industries, are plausible solutions too. In the year of 1997, in Kyoto, Japan, it was signed an agreement from over 191 countries with the exception of Andorra, Canada, United States, and Sudan, to legally stop the emissions of Greenhouse gases in two commietment period from 2008 to 2020.