Kyoto Protocol

description the Kyoto Protocol is a document, which legally binds all member countries that are classified as ‘developed’ to meet specific emission reduction targets. The protocol brings with it several ‘Commitment periods’, which as the name suggests are periods of time by which member states are bound to the protocol. The initial commitment period began in 2008 and ceased in 2012. The next began in 2013 and will end in 2020. Currently there are 192 member states to the protocol. It has been determined

The Kyoto Protocol, negotiated in December 1997, is the first major step toward implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Protocol sets targets for industrialized nations to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases over the next 10 years. It offers four means to achieve those targets: domestic action and three international market-based instruments. These mechanisms work through emissions reductions or through enhancements in the ability of terrestrial

treaty decided in 1995 to start negotiations for a protocol that would legally bind nations to reductions and limitations in greenhouse gas emissions (Congressional Research Service Report 98-2). These negotiations took place in Kyoto, Japan and were

2011, the Government of Canada authoritatively told the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that Canada would practice its legitimate right to formally pull back from the Kyoto Protocol. The Environment Minister, Peter Kent, was the one who announced this. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement connected to the UNFCCC that sets internationally binding greenhouse gas reduction targets for each country that is in the agreement. There are a lot of benefits as to

Under the Kyoto Protocol, a group of developed countries’ (so-called Annex B countries) pledged to cut their greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by varying amounts, averaging 5.2%, by 2012 as compared to 1990. Was Kyoto Protocol a success? According to IEA (2014), the Annex B countries emitted 6.4% less in 2012 compared to 1990, and the participating Annex B countries emitted 14.2% less (excluding the US and Canada). However, the global GHG emissions soared by more than 50% in the same period (IEA, 2014)

The Montreal Protocol and the Kyoto Protocol has both established its place in history for climate and environmental enforcement. While the Montreal Protocol provided for a stepping-stone in the history of environmental regulation, its follow-up, the Kyoto Protocol, fell short of the same success. In this particular instance, the difference in types of politics has an imperative effect on the different schemes. The type of politics, client politics, that followed the Montreal Protocol scheme is exhibited

Almir Buco The Art of a Deal:A Kyoto Protocol Simulation 1st Hour In my first hour Environmental Science class, we did a simulation of what it would be like to experience a real life situation of deals, and arguments. There were four countries (A, B, C, and D) that were represented. I was a part Country B. We had three members in our group, and we were just relaxing at the beginning of the group assignment. Moments later, after the assignment was announced, we got

Why is the Kyoto Accord so difficult for Canada to follow, and how has it responded? Canada’s commitment to the Kyoto Protocol was a relatively short-lived deal met with plenty of controversy that saw opposition and support. The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits countries to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions based on the assumption that global warming exists and man-made CO2 emissions are

The purpose of this essay is to review the major characteristics of the Kyoto Protocol’s compliance mechanism and its function. The essay will address the structural elements of the compliance system and how these are integrated and how they operate. Further the essay will discuss the general operation of both the Enforcement Branch and the Facilitation Branch and the powers available to the compliance committee to ensure compliance or resolve issues. Finally, the essay will provide an analysis of

The Kyoto Protocol has several provisions that allow for geographic flexibility. Reductions in costs can also be done through international trade of emissions rights. This will also depend largely on how many countries participate in this trade. The economic costs