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  Kyoto Protocol - Wikisource
Subsequent ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall be held every year and in conjunction with ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties, unless otherwise decided by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
Amendments to this Protocol shall be adopted at an ordinary session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
Annexes to this Protocol and amendments to annexes to this Protocol shall be adopted at an ordinary session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
en.wikisource.org /wiki/Kyoto_Protocol   (5411 words)

  
 International Activities - The Kyoto Protocol
By signing the Protocol, countries agree to continue with the treaty-making process, but do not consent to be bound by the Protocol.
Kyoto Protocol Parties would be required to demonstrate compliance with their targets, Parties would be required to acquit tradeable emissions units against their actual emissions for the commitment period.
Although as a non-Party to the Kyoto Protocol the Australian Government cannot participate directly in the Kyoto mechanisms, the rules agreed at Marrakesh in November 2001 do not discriminate between firms from countries that have and have not ratified the Protocol.
www.greenhouse.gov.au /international/kyoto   (640 words)

  
 Map - Signatories to the Kyoto Protocol: June 2003
The database was created by editing (to reflect country name differences) and linking a database on signatories to the Kyoto Protocol to an ESRI global country digital file (ESRI, 2002).
This map depicts the countries that have ratified or signed the Kyoto Protocol as of June, 2003.
For those countries that ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty will come into force when: (1) it is ratified by 55 countries which (2) represent 55 percent of the total carbon dioxide emissions from industrialized countries (at 1990 levels).
earthtrends.wri.org /text/climate-atmosphere/map-193.html   (146 words)

  
 KYOTO PROTOCOL
B of its aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A in 1990, or the
Protocol, which shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article 21, paragraph 7.
Annexes to this Protocol and amendments to annexes to this Protocol shall be adopted at an ordinary session of the
www.gwu.edu /~jaysmith/kyoto.html   (7837 words)

  
 Kyoto Protocol
Established in 1997, the Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that has set a goal that by 2008 to 2012 the industrialized countries will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by five percent below their 1990 rates.
As a complement to the 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, the first international agreement to deal with the issue, the Kyoto Protocol is a response to growing concern that gases emitted by human activities, particularly carbon dioxide, contribute to the greenhouse effect and to climate change.
Signatories of the Kyoto Protocol - as of Sep. 29, 2003
www.tierramerica.org /2003/1004/iconectate.shtml   (8584 words)

  
 Kyoto Protocol and Future - Oceanographers Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement setting targets for industrialised countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
The protocol was agreed in 1997, based on principles set out in a framework convention signed in 1992.
The Kyoto Protocol became a legally binding treaty on 16 February 2005.
www.oceanographers.net /forums/showthread.php?t=767   (813 words)

  
 Map - Signatories to the Kyoto Protocol: June 2005
This map depicts the countries that have ratified or signed the Kyoto Protocol as of June, 2005.
Those countries that have signed, but not ratified the Kyoto Protocol are indicated in light brown.
The terms of the Kyoto Protocol necessitated ratification by 55 Parties to the Convention, including Annex I Parties accounting for 55 percent of that group's carbon dioxide emissions in 1990, before it could enter into force.
earthtrends.wri.org /text/climate-atmosphere/map-504.html   (147 words)

  
 Nearctica - Geophysics - Climate Change - Kyoto Protocol
Montreal Protocol means the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, adopted in Montreal on 16 September 1987 and as subsequently adjusted and amended.
Commitments for subsequent periods for Parties included in Annex I shall be established in amendments to Annex B to this Protocol, which shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of 20, paragraph 7.
In the event of failure by the Parties to such an agreement to achieve their total combined level of emission reductions, each Party to such an agreement shall be responsible for its own level of emissions set out in the agreement.
www.nearctica.com /geology/global/kyoto1.htm   (2274 words)

  
 CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Commitments for subsequent periods for Parties included in Annex I shall be established in amendments to Annex B to this Protocol, which shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article 20, paragraph 7.
The rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties and financial procedures of the Convention shall be applied mutatis mutandis under this Protocol, except as may be otherwise decided by consensus by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
Amendments to Annexes A and B to this Protocol shall be adopted and enter into force in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 19, provided that any amendments to Annex B shall be adopted only with the written consent of the Party concerned.
www.preen.org /kyoto.htm   (5091 words)

  
 Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Any signatory or Party to this Protocol not included in Annex I may, at any time, notify the Depositary that it has opted to be bound by this Article.
The clean development mechanism shall be subject to the authority and guidance of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol and be supervised by an executive board of the Parties.
the provisions of this Protocol, the implementation of this Protocol by the Parties, the overall effects of the measures taken pursuant to this Protocol, in particular environmental, economic and social effects as well as their cumulative impacts and the extent to which progress towards the objective of the Convention is being achieved;
www.worldpolicy.org /globalrights/environment/kyoto.html   (5853 words)

  
 Kyoto Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The protocol left several issues open to be decided later by the Conference of Parties (COP).
List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions
"The Kyoto Protocol: CO2, CH4, and climate implications".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kyoto_Protocol   (7724 words)

  
 Russia, Environment, Kyoto Protocol - Johnson's Russia List 6-5-03
Moscow, 4 June: Senior Kremlin adviser Andrey Illarionov has expressed doubts that Russia would gain anything by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, which has been signed by more than 180 states.
Signatories to the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed at a UN summit in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, are required to cut their discharges of carbon monoxide and other gases by an average of 5.2 per cent of 1990 volumes by 2012.
First of all, "the very allegation that there is global warming needs additional research", he said.
www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/7210-22.cfm   (250 words)

  
 signatories - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 NPR : Seeking Profit in Kyoto Protocol Compliance
Morning Edition, December 5, 2005 ·; The parties that signed the Kyoto treaty on global warming in 1997 are meeting in Montreal, Canada.
Signatories are tackling the issue of how to meet the agreed cap on emissions.
In the meantime, bidders on European permits allowing certain levels of carbon emissions are driving up prices on those permits.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5038853   (136 words)

  
 KYOTO PROTOCOL
Pursuant to Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its first the Berlin Mandate adopted by decision 1/CP.1 of the session,
The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any State member thereof or observers thereto not party to the Convention, may be represented at sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol as observers.
It shall be open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 16 March 1998 to 15 March 1999.
www.ec.gc.ca /climate/kyoto.htm   (5318 words)

  
 KYOTO PROTOCOL TO THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as "the Convention",
Such reviews shall be coordinated with pertinent reviews under the Convention, in particular those required by Article 4, paragraph 2 (d), and Article 7, paragraph 2 (a), of the Convention.
Participation under the clean development mechanism, including in activities mentioned in paragraph 3 (a) above and in the acquisition of certified emission reductions, may involve private and/or public entities, and is to be subject to whatever guidance may be provided by the executive board of the clean development mechanism.
untreaty.un.org /English/notpubl/kyoto-en.htm   (5328 words)

  
 Kyoto Protocol
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www.cogeneration.net /kyoto_protocol.htm   (7039 words)

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