Convention of Climate Change and the
Kyoto Protocol of 1997
•The united nations
framework convention on
climate change (UNFCCC) met
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•International convention
•Encourages countries to
reduce GHG emissions
•Deals with the inevitable
temperature rises due to
climate change and global
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Function: The Kyoto Protocol
• Part of the UNFCCC decision (legally binding)
• Main difference is that it ENFORCED countries to stabilize
GHG emissions Convention ENCOURAGED
stabilization
• International policy, adopted in Kyoto, Japan 12/11/97 at
the convention on climate change
• Entered into force 2/16/05
• Includes 37 countries and European community to GHG
emissions 5% in 5 yrs
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• The Convention of Climate
Change and the Kyoto Protocol
are implemented by the United
Nations.
• The detailed rules for
implementation of the Protocol
were officially establish in 2001, by
the Marrakech Accords.