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What is called the K Y O T O protocol ?
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08 Jul '09 09:33 am
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Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,sulphur hexafluoride,hydroflurocarbons and perflurocarbons are termed as the \"Greenhouse gases\", responsible for the \'global warming\' and degrading the climate system, With a view to achieving the goal of reducing the emission of these gases and thereby save planet earth from the dangers of global warming, an international enviornmental treaty binding on all the nations of the world, was promulgated by the UN , This treat is known as the United nations Frame work Convention on Climate Change, The KYOTO protocol is a protocol to the above international treaty, The treaty ws negotiated in KYOTO, Japan in 1991, hence the name Kyoto protocol
Answered by thampy chacko, 08 Jul '09 09:50 am
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The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), an international environmental treaty which was produced with the goal of achieving \"stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.\"[1] The Kyoto Protocol establishes legally binding commitments for the reduction of four greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulphur hexafluoride), and two groups of gases (hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons) produced by \"Annex I\" (industrialized) nations, as well as general commitments for all member countries. As of January 2009[update], 183 parties have ratified the protocol,[2] which was initially have been adopted for use on 11 December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan and which entered into force on 16 February 2005. Under Kyoto, industrialized countries agreed to reduce their collective GHG emissions by 5.2% comp
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Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,sulphur hexafluoride,hydroflurocarbons and perflurocarbons are termed as the \"Greenhouse gases\", responsible for the \'global warming\' and degrading the climate system, With a view to achieving the goal of reducing the emission of these gases and thereby save planet earth from the dangers of global warming, an international enviornmental treaty binding on all the nations of the world, was promulgated by the UN , This treat is known as the United nations Frame work Convention on Climate Change, The KYOTO protocol is a protocol to the above international treaty, The treaty ws negotiated in KYOTO, Japan in 1991, hence the name Kyoto protocol.
The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), an international environmental treaty which was produced with the goal of achieving \"stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthro ...more
Answered by Anand Agarwal, 08 Jul '09 01:25 pm
The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), an international environmental treaty which was produced with the goal of achieving \"stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthro ...more
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