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[SOLVED] What is the Kyoto agreement?
Can anyone tell me what the Kyoto agreement was?
Can anyone tell me what the Kyoto agreement was?
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement created in 1997 as an addition to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.
The Kyoto Protocol has been signed by 192 countries, including developed and developing nations. Notable exceptions include the United States, which withdrew from the agreement in 2001, and Canada, which withdrew in 2012.
The main goal of the Kyoto Protocol is to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by at least 5% below 1990 levels by 2020. It also includes provisions for developed countries to provide financial and technological support to developing countries for their efforts to reduce their emissions.
The effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol has been a subject of debate. While some countries have met or exceeded their emission reduction targets, others have not. Additionally, the withdrawal of major emitters such as the United States has limited its impact.
One major criticism of the Kyoto Protocol is that it only targets developed countries, while exempting developing countries from emission reduction targets. This has led to concerns about unfair burden sharing and the effectiveness of the agreement in addressing climate change on a global scale.