Kyoto Protocol

causing global warming. If GHG emissions are not reduced drastically, global mean temperatures will continue to rise to dangerous levels. Such drastic reduction in GHG emissions is only possible with international cooperation. With this in mind, the Kyoto Protocol (KP) was devised. The ultimate goal of the KP was synonymous to that of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”(United Nations Framework Convention

on Climate Change (UNFCC) formulated and enacted Kyoto Protocol in Japan. At the beginning, more than 150 countries joined the conference. After that, other countries ratified Kyoto Protocol in succession. Until now, there are about 192 countries have already ratified the protocol. The United States, however, chose to drop out in 2001 after becoming one of the participants for four years. (Cable News Network Library, 2017) Drawbacks of Kyoto Protocol and negative impacts on the economy are two main

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

Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCC (2005) 1. Introduction As the evidence of climate change became more visible and better understood, an international movement for environmental action emerged. Greenhouse gases were blamed for causing the most damage to the Earth such as flooding, loss of wetlands and massive deaths of corals. Since these greenhouse gases are transparent to incoming radiation from the sun but block infrared radiation from leaving the earth 's atmosphere, they became the subject of worldwide

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?” I. Global Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol The

Introduction to the Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement which was announced in Kyoto, Japan in 1997. It is considered as the supplement of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and the main target for the Kyoto protocol is to reduce the emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Nowadays, there are 192 Parties that have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the overall emission of these countries accounts for 61% of the total greenhouse

combat this serious problem. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Its objective is to make nations that ratified the agreement reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases, or engage in emissions trading if they maintain or increase emissions of these gases toward the target set for each nation. Many countries are trying their best to support the Kyoto Protocol. On the other hand, some other

The Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC (2005) 1. Introduction Founded on the belief that humans are ultimately responsible for global warming, the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997 and made effective in 2005 with the aim of reducing national quantitative greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2% (compared with emissions in 1990) in industrialised countries worldwide. This would equate to a 29% cut overall by 2010. The protocol intends to specifically reduce global emissions of “carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous

binding Protocol under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2%. The agreement aims to lower overall emissions from a group of six greenhouse gases by 2008-12, calculated as an average over these five years.” (UNFCCC, 2011) 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

Kyoto Protocol: Introduction: 1. The problem of Global Warming has been one that has increased dramatically throughout the past 150 years. This is thought to be due to increased industrialisation throughout the world in this time and this is backed up by the fact that approximately 97%(NASA, n.d.) of scientists worldwide believe that it is strongly likely the increasing global climate is due to human activity. International cooperation is required in order to solve the problem of global warming