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Kyoto Protocol
Aimed at fighting global warming, the Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement associated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Initially adopted in Kyoto, Japan, it was signed and ratified by 191 states as of July 2010.
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Which country's ratification of the Kyoto protocol to reduce global warming brought the treaty into effect?
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Russia's ratification on November 18, 2004 meant that the "55 percent of 1990 carbon dioxide emissions of the Parties included in Annex I" clause was satisfied and the treaty brought into force, effective February 16, 2005.
Why didn't the US ratify the Kyoto Protocol?
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US was the largest carbon dioxide emitter in 2004. This obviously shows that they did not follow the Kyoto Protocol, thus they signed it but did not ratify it. Previous presidents have claimed that following the protocols might cause a decline in the economy, while Obama thinks that there is no point in signing it as it is going to end. US also thinks it is unfair that China and India, which are large producers of carbon dioxide, are exempted from the protocol whereas US is not.
A:Some countries, including the United States, have refused to ratify the treaty. The US government argues that drastically reducing carbon dioxide emissions would be too costly, and hurt the national economy. A:Many have suggested that the US didn't participate in the Kyoto Treaty because the price and time of making everything "green" would be excessive. Also, that a lot of corporations and big companies wouldn't follow the requirements without government intervention. A:Some reasons for the non-ratification:(1) many in the US native believes that it would damage economy to implement this protocol.
(2) the highest pollution growth rate has been in the US, so its responsibility is much higher in comparison to other countries.
(3) the recent recession
(4) competition with growing economies like China and India (according to america, Kyoto is partially responsible for trade competition
(5) the costs of conforming to Kyoto, while mainly applied to cutting carbon emissions, are also an indirect way to subsidize green technology in developing countries
Why did the Kyoto protocol fail?
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the Kyoto agreement or protocol is a non-binding agreement under which countries will reduce their carbon missions by a certain percent. Although, the Protocol was signed by many nations, each individual country must ratify it within their own governments to make this agreement binding. The US was one of such countries that failed to ratify this agreement when brought to Congress.
the good thing about the agreement is that it is protected countries from muting to much carbon into the air causing global warming and destroying the ozone layer and it provides expiation's for 3rd world countries and developing nations.
the worst hooting about the agreement is to make energy more expensive and dictators more wealthy then the coyote protocol has seceded brilliants. all coyote would do is create restrictions our government shouldn't Reich resulting in higher taxes inflation and apolitical unrest and socialism.
hope it helps it did for my debate at school! =special ED
In which year India signed the Kyoto protocol?
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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.
Which president signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1989?
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The US signed the Kyoto Protocol on 12 November 1998. It has not yet ratified it.
They signed it, but didnt ratify.
Why did Kyoto protocol fail?
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This question refers to the signatories of the Kyoto Protocols. The failures of Kyoto were based on disparities of enforcement between industrialized economies such as the United States and the then developing countries, chiefly China and India. Western countries faced a more stringent burden of carbon regulatory emissions in comparison to these developing states. For these reasons and others the United States and other countries could not agree to Kyoto's language.
What is the purpose of the Kyoto protocol?
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To get 55 different countries to sign and ratify the protocol and hopefully reduce the world's greenhouse gases by 5.2% by 2012
What has Australia done about the Kyoto Protocol?
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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 countries are involved in the Kyoto Protocol?
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Every country in the world signed and ratified the treaty except the United States which has signed, but not ratified the treaty. Canada has recently withdrawn from the treaty!
Isn't methane a "greenhouse" gas? Are you going to stop farting Mr. McArdle? Furthermore, when the mile of ice which covered New England (and other areas) started melting 12,000 years ago, was that serious "climate change" caused by cavemen jetting all over the planet and drving big SUVs? Just wondering...
Definition of environmental crisis?
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what is a proper definition of environmental crisis
How does South Korea depend on their environment?
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They depend on their environment by using their lush farming land to grow crops so that they can sell them.
What are artificial resources?
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An artificial resource could be any resource made by people. These resources may one day be able to save life on our planet if we can generate natural resources out stuff found in space artificially
Which of the design constraints listed above still had to be addressed before the Kyoto box could go into production?
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the prototype box is now durable
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What reasons are various countries reluctant to make firm commitments to make deep reductions in greenhouse gases?
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- They believe reducing greenhouse gases will reduce the standard of living in their countries.
- Most of the emissions come from just a few rich nations.
- They believe reducing greenhouse gases will not make a difference on climate change.
