An agreement under the UNFCCC whereby developed countries have agreed to meet specific greenhouse gas emission reductions by specified dates, the targets of which were amended in 2001. (see climate change) (Int)
The agreement reached in Kyoto in 1997 committing developed countries and countries making the transition to a market economy (Annex I countries) to achieve quantified targets for decreasing their emissions of greenhouse gases.
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in December 1997 by the 3rd Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. It set limits on the greenhouse gas emissions of industrialised countries and introduced mechanisms to facilitate the cost-effective implementation of the Protocol itself
international protocol for reducing emissions of GHGs
Countries around the world have recognized the urgent need to take action to reduce green house gases (GHG) in order to address the climate change challenge. In December 1997, Canada and more than 160 other countries met in Kyoto, Japan, and agreed to targets to reduce GHG emissions. The agreement that set out those targets, and the options available to countries to achieve them, is known as the Kyoto Protocol. Canada's target is to reduce its GHG emissions to 6 percent below 1990 levels by the period between 2008 and 2012.
An international agreement to limit greenhouse gases
The first international legally binding agreement, for the reduction of, greenhouse gas emissions. Negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997.
a legally binding agreement adopted by the countries in attendance at the December 1997 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Kyoto, Japan. Delegates from the 160 industrialized nations present agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 5.2 percent below 1990 emissions levels by 2010. The US pledged a 7 percent reduction, although the US Congress did not ratify the agreement.
The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted at the Third Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. It contains legally binding commitments, in addition to those included in the UNFCCC. Countries included in Annex B of the Protocol (most countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and countries with economies in transition) agreed to reduce their anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, erfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride) by at least 5% below 1990 levels in the commitment period 2008 to 2012. The Kyoto Protocol entered into force after Russia ratification in February 2005. Back up
International agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in order to slow global warming. The agreement sets out a schedule for countries to reduce their emissions to about five per cent below 1990 levels by 2012. » Indepth: Kyoto
An international agreement standing on its own and requiring separate ratification by governments, but linked to the UNFCCC. Among other things, the Protocol sets binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by industrialised countries. The Protocol entered into force on 16 February 2005.
The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted at the Third Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. It contains legally binding commitments on countries included in Annex B of the Protocol (most OECD countries and some others) to reduce their anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to some (negotiable) value below 1990 levels in the commitment period 2008 to 2012. New Zealand ratified the Kyoto Protocol in December 2002, committing to a reduction of 0% relative to 1990. The Kyoto Protocol has not yet entered into force.
In December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, industrial nations agreed to reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2% from 1990 levels by the period 2008 to 2012. 160 countries have endorsed the Kyoto Protocol. In order for the Kyoto Protocol to come into force, 55 countries that produced 55% of the developed world's 1990 carbon dioxide emissions must now ratify it. The European Union ratified in May 2002, Japan in June 2002, and Canada in December 2002. However, those ratifying so far only collectively represent about 44% of developed country emissions. The United States has decided not to ratify the Protocol and Russia is still undecided about ratification. If Russia ratifies, the Protocol will come into force.
Protocol belonging to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed in Kyoto (Japan) in December 1997.
An international agreement reached in Kyoto at the Third Conference of the Parties to the U. N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 3) in 1997. The Protocol established specific targets and timetables for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to be achieved by the framework’s signatories. The United States and 83 other countries now have signed the Protocol; many countries, including the U.S., have yet to ratify it.
Established by 180 countries in December, 1997, the Kyoto Protocol calls for greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 94.8% of the levels reported in 1990, through legally binding commitments under international law.
An International Protocol negotiated in December 1997 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Kyoto, Japan. Under the Protocol, Canada agreed to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases to 6 per cent below 1990 levels during the five-year period of 2008 to 2012.
The Kyoto Protocol is an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty on global warming. It also reaffirms sections of the UNFCCC. Countries which ratify this protocol commit to 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. A total of 141 countries, including Canada and China, have ratified the agreement. Notable exceptions include the United States and Australia. More information at: http://unfccc.int.
An international agreement signed by almost all of the countries in the world to reduce the rate of greenhouse gas emissions.
the international agreement emerging from COP3, held in December 1997. Under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Canada agreed to cut greenhouse gases to six percent below 1990 levels, to be reached between 2008 and 2012.
international agreement among industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997. Canada committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 6 percent of 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012.
A legally binding agreement under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2 percent. The agreement was reached in Kyoto on December 11, 1997, at a meeting arranged by UNEP, and attended by delegates from 160 nations.
A legally binding agreement under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2 percent. The agreement was reached in Kyoto on December 11, 1997, and has been amended in subsequent rounds of negotiation. It is now in the process of ratification.
An international agreement reached at the Third Conference of Parties (see above) in December 1997. The agreement committed 38 developed countries to targeted emission reductions. The agreement has more than 160 signatories, but has yet to be ratified.
A protocol adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, committing Annex B countries (most OECD and some others) to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions relative to 1990 levels. The Kyoto Protocol deals with carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, sulphur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons.
An international agreement, reached in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, which extends the commitments of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In particular, it sets targets for future emissions by each developed country.
The Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in Kyoto on December 11, 1997. It contains quantified GHG emission limitation and reduction commitments, expressed in CO2 equivalent, for signatory countries.
The third session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change took place in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997, resulting in the Kyoto Protocol. This working agreement of the signatories commits developed countries to reduce their collective emissions of six greenhouse gases by at least 5 per cent of 1990 levels by 2012. The Kyoto agreement became legally binding on 16 February 2005 when 132 signatory countries agreed to strive to decrease carbon dioxide emissions. More information can be found at the official The Kyoto Protocol site.
An international agreement which sets greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for industrialized countries.
The international climate change conference which took place in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997, where developed countries agreed climate change targets to 2012. Top of the Page
This international agreement was established in 1997 as a means of setting binding emission reduction targets for greenhouse gases. It entered into force in 2005 meaning that New Zealand has agreed to return its net greenhouse gas emissions over the 2008-2012 commitment period to 1990 levels. It allows the opportunity for international initiatives to reduce emissions cost effectively through the use of its flexible mechanisms based on the trading of CO2 equivalent emission allowances.
An international agreement, reached in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, which extends the commitments of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); sets targets for future greenhouse gas emissions, i.e. carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6), for each industrial country that have signed and ratified the protocol. See also: Kyoto mechanisms
An international agreement, related to but separate from the Climate Convention, which sets greenhouse gas emission limits for Annex I Parties to the convention.
An international agreement struck by 159 nations attending the Third Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (held in December of 1997 in Kyoto Japan) to reduce worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases. Countries which have ratified the Protocol are legally bound to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by a specified amount.
An international agreement adopted in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, which establishes binding emission targets for developed countries that would reduce their emissions. The Kyoto Protocol has been signed by 141 industrialized and developed nations including those in Europe. The Bush Administration has steadfastly refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol despite the fact that the United States which has a relatively small percentage (4%) of the worldwide population yet produces over 25% of all harmful greenhouse gases on earth.
The Kyoto Protocol is a supplement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Control. Its main goal is to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
An international agreement struck by 159 nations attending the Third Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (held in December of 1997 in Kyoto, Japan) to reduce worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases. If ratified and put into force, signatory countries must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by pre-specified amounts. (Source: Adapted from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
An international agreement adopted at the Third Conference of Parties (COP-3) to the UNFCCC held in December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. The Kyoto Protocol commits Annex I Parties to individual, legally-binding targets to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, adding up to a total cut of at least 5 per cent from 1990 levels in the period 2008-2012. The individual targets for Annex I parties are listed in the Protocol's Annex B. In order to enter into force, the Protocol must be ratified (or adopted, approved, or acceded to) by 55 parties to the Convention, including Annex I Parties accounting for 55 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions from this group in 1990. As of October 1999, 16 countries had ratified the Protocol, of which Norway is the only Annex I country so far.
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Control. An international agreement made in 1992 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Following the original Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was introduced and has now been ratified by over 140 countries. In 1997, at the fourth Conference of the Parties to the Convention, (often referred to as ‘COP 4'), the Kyoto Protocol was signed. This laid out the targets for the industrialised countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol was ratified by the required number of counties in February 2005 and came into force. This means that in the five years between 2008 and 2012 the UK has to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, on average, to 12.5% below what they were in 1990. Each country has a different target, but the total emission reductions amount to 5.7% below 1990 levels.
A Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed in 1997. Developed nations are required to cut overall greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 5.2 per cent below 1990 levels over the period 2008-2012.
International climate protection agreement concluded by the UNFCCC, a U.N. organization. It defines goals relating to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, which are considered the catalyst for global warming. Adopted in 1997, it officially went into effect on February 16, 2005.
A protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that will require countries listed in its Annex B (developed nations) to meet reduction targets of GHG emissions relative to their 1990 levels during the period 2008-12. For a country to be in compliance with its Kyoto Protocol commitment, it must retire Emission Units equal in number to its total greenhouse gas emissions during the commitment period. A country is assigned a number of units equal to its target (in New Zealand's case, five times its 1990 level of emissions). These are Assigned Amount Units. See definition of Emission Units for further explanation.
The 1997 Kyoto Protocol commits the 39 participating industrial nations as a whole to a five-percent reduction from 1990 levels in their emissions of gases damaging to the climate, such as carbon dioxide, by 2012. It came into force on February 16, 2005. The European Union must thus reduce its average emissions between the years 2008 and 2012 by eight percent compared to the level in 1990. To achieve this goal, the member states are working separately in some areas and together in others. The most important climate protection measure is currently the establishment of the European emissions trading system for companies.
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at the Third Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. It contains legally binding commitments, in addition to those included in the UNFCCC. Country signatories to the Protocol agreed to reduce their anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6) by at least 5 % below 1990 levels in the commitment period 2008 to 2012.
An international agreement adopted in December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. The Protocol sets binding emission targets for developed countries that would reduce their emissions on average 5.2 percent below 1990 levels.
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 at the 3rd Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Under the terms of the Protocol, industrialized nations agreed to cut their joint emissions of the most important greenhouse gases to at least 5 percent below 1990 levels in the period 2008 to 2012.
An international agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and signed by Canada in April 1998 that establishes binding targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an amendment to the international treaty on climate change, assigning mandatory targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to signatory nations.