Work

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Year: 2005

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities."

Source: Cambridge University Press eBooks

Parent work: Compendium of Sustainable Energy Laws

DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511664885.004

Authors: Richard L. Ottinger, Nicholas Robinson, Victor Tafur

Institution: Pace University

Language: English

Topic: International Environmental Law and Policies

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: green