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Kyoto Protocol — Participation in the Kyoto Protocol, as of December 2010, Green = Countries that have signed and ratified the treaty (Annex I II countries in dark green) Grey =… … Wikipedia
Kyoto Protocol — ▪ international treaty, 1997 Introduction in full Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change international treaty, named for the Japanese city in which it was adopted in December 1997, that aimed to reduce the… … Universalium
Kyoto Protocol — With Russia being one of the world’s largest polluters, environmental activists diligently campaigned for the Russian Federation to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The international… … Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation
Kyoto Protocol — An international agreement that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and the presence of greenhouse gases. Countries that ratify the Kyoto Protocol are assigned maximum carbon emission levels and can participate in carbon credit trading.… … Investment dictionary
Kyoto Protocol — The result of negotiations at the third Conference of the Parties (COP 3) in Kyoto, Japan, in December of1997. The Kyoto Protocol sets binding greenhouse gas emissions targets for countries that sign and ratify the agreement. The gases covered… … Energy terms
Kyoto Protocol — /kiˈoʊtoʊ ˌproʊtəkɒl/ (say kee ohtoh .prohtuhkol) noun an international agreement setting out national targets for the limitation of greenhouse gas emissions, formulated at a meeting in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, pursuant to the objectives of the UN… …
Kyoto Protocol: What Next? — ▪ 2006 by Roger A. Pielke, Jr. The Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty named after the Japanese city in which it was proposed in December 1997, came into effect in February 2005… … Universalium
Kyoto Protocol — An international emissions reduction treaty signed in 1997 in the Japanese city of Kyoto. It is a protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, under which the signatories are obligated to cut overall greenhouse gas emissions by an… … Financial and business terms
Kyoto Protocol — 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 … Dictionary of automotive terms
Kyoto Protocol — n. international treaty on climate change adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 1997 to reduce discharge of greenhouse gas as to fight global warming … English contemporary dictionary
