That was decided at the last Federal Election
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.
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This was the first agreement regarding the global warming.
The United States is not involved in the Kyoto Protocol. They signed the agreement in 1998 but later withdrew in 2001 without ratifying it. Despite this, many other countries continue to be part of the Kyoto Protocol.
KYOTO Protocol
They signed it in 1998, during the time that the Liberals won the election, but in 2006, when the Conservatives won, the Kyoto Protocol was disapproved.
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.
The Kyoto Protocol (also called Kyoto Accord) is an agreement signed by 193 nations to help reduce global warming.
Australia has ratified the Kyoto protocol.
You can cite it as an article from the UNFCCC website."Kyoto Protocol." United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Web. 26 Nov. 2009. .
It's Kyoto not Tokyo "Kyoto protocol".