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Who refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol?
None of the parties to the Kyoto Convention refused to sign the Protocol. The United States signed the Protocol but subsequently refused to ratify it.
In which year India signed the Kyoto protocol?
11 December 1997 Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that was established to set the binding obligations on the industrialized countries so as to reduce the emissions of the greenhouse gases.
What reasons did the US give to justify not signing the Kyoto Protocol?
The Kyoto Protocol was drawn up to get all countries to set levels to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Every country signed this agreement, but the US refused to ratify it, saying it would hurt the economy.
What has Australia done about the Kyoto Protocol?
Australia did in fact sign the Kyoto accord, but the Liberal government delayed ratifying the protocol although Australia had negotiated extremely favourable terms under the agreement. It was ratified in December 2007 by the new Labor Government under Kevin Rudd.
What 1997 global agreement to reduce greenhouse gases was signed by virtually every country in the would except for the US?
Kyoto Protocol
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Kyoto Protocol?
One of the major criticisms levied against the Kyoto Protocol is its handling of economic inequalities around the world. According to Harvard Magazine, by setting 1990 as the target date, the Kyoto Protocol favors European nations. This is because, in 1990, most of Europe was fully industrialized, whereas nations such as China and India have made major advancements in development since 1990 and would be effectively asked to discard much of that progress.
Why did some countries not sign the Kyoto protocol?
All countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol.All countries except the USA have ratified it. The US signed on 12 Nov 1998, but has not yet ratified it.Update, Dec 2011, Canada withdraws from the Kyoto Protocol with other countries expected to reconsider in the coming here.
Why didn't China and the US sign the Kyoto protocol?
The US signed the Kyoto Protocol on November 12, 1998, but did not ratify it.It would harm the economy too much, they would either have to;cut down on production to cut down on GHG's (green house gases) orpurchase expensive equipment to filter the toxins,so the government did not want to risk the harming of the fragile economy, and especially now they definitely could not do it, it would further destroy the economy then what it is already.The US signed the Kyoto Protocol on 12 November 1998. It has not yet ratified it.
Which country has signed but not ratified the Kyoto environmental protocol?
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that sets binding obligations on industrialized countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The United States signed but did not ratify the Protocol and Canada withdrew from it in 2011.
Was the Kyoto protocol ratified in the US?
The Kyoto protocol was signed by Clinton, but neither the Clinton government or the following Bush government ever ratified it. It has also never been unsigned by the Bush governement. Congress could also move forward with ratification without presidential approval, but it could be vetoed by the Whitehouse if approved. Most analysts believe congress would be unable to pass ratification, as many Democrates also reject the treaty. Brandon Caswell
Why don't countries such as the USA want to change their laws regarding greenhouse gas emissions?
The USA signed but did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol which was a legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gases. It claimed that to do would damage its economy.
Explain the effect ot the command ip classless on both classfull and classless routing protocol?
if a protocol is only classfull(RIPv1, IGRP) the command will have no effect, but in protocols that support vlsm and classless ip adressing it will enable the protocol to send the subnet mask in it's packets so that a router would not recognize only class networks, but also their subnets.
