Kyoto Protocol
- Created by: Amy Woodhams
- Created on: 16-04-13 17:02
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- Kyoto Protocol
- Issues
- C02 levels are increasing and showing no signs of slowing
- due to population increases
- many countries begin to develop and industrialise
- Global temperatures are continuing to rise.
- Without the USA agreeing to the protocol developing countries such as China reducing emissions drastically the targets will not likely be met.
- C02 levels are increasing and showing no signs of slowing
- The Targets
- The goals were to see the participants collectively reduce emissions of greenhouse gases
- by5.2% below the emission levels of 1990 by 2010
- Individual countries were assigned higher or lower targets and some countries were permitted increases
- (e.g: The USA was expected to reduce emissions by 7%)
- The goals were to see the participants collectively reduce emissions of greenhouse gases
- The agreement
- it was negotiated by many countries in December 1997
- The terms of the agreement required at least 55 parties
- and for the total of those parties emissions to be at least 55% of global production of greenhouse gases.
- Currently, there is 169 countries involved in the agreement
- including Russia which was authorised on February 16th 2005
- Issues
- CO2
- The parties agreed to cut emissions of:
- it was negotiated by many countries in December 1997
- The parties agreed to cut emissions of:
- Sulphur hexafluoride
- The parties agreed to cut emissions of:
- The parties agreed to cut emissions of:
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