Kyoto Protocol
Climate change agreement
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty adopted in 1997 committing industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
It established binding targets and mechanisms like carbon trading to address climate change.
The protocol entered into force in 2005, though the United States never ratified it.
The Kyoto Protocol was the first major international agreement on emissions reduction.
Formal approval by authority
- signatoriesThose who signed officially
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- international agreementPact among sovereign nations
- 1997Four-digit date
Japan · withdrawal · Paris Agreement · enforcement · verification
Emissions that trap heat
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- nitrous oxideAnesthetic inhalant causing euphoria
- HFCsSynthetic cooling-system gases
PFCs · emission reduction · emission targets · fossil fuels · carbon footprint · inventories · sinks · sequestration
Market-based pollution control
- carbon creditsTradeable pollution permits
- carbon marketSystem trading pollution permits
- emissions tradingMarket-based pollution control
- carbon offsetsPurchased environmental compensation
Reduction of severity
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- environmental policyRules managing human-nature interaction
- sustainable developmentMeeting needs without exhausting resources
- energy efficiencyMinimizing wasted power
ratification
Formal approval by authority
- signatoriesThose who signed officially
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- international agreementPact among sovereign nations
1997 · Japan · withdrawal · Paris Agreement · enforcement · verification
greenhouse gases
Emissions that trap heat
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- nitrous oxideAnesthetic inhalant causing euphoria
HFCs · PFCs · emission reduction · emission targets · fossil fuels · carbon footprint · inventories · sinks · sequestration
cap-and-trade
Market-based pollution control
- carbon creditsTradeable pollution permits
- carbon marketSystem trading pollution permits
- emissions tradingMarket-based pollution control
mitigation
Reduction of severity
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- environmental policyRules managing human-nature interaction
- sustainable developmentMeeting needs without exhausting resources
- Climate Changeglobal warming, greenhouse gases, climate change, carbon dioxide, CO2
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- 1997 eventsTitanic, Princess Diana death, Hong Kong handover, Dolly the sheep, Tony Blair
- 2000siPhone, Wii, MySpace, YouTube, Hurricane Katrina
- 2005Hurricane Katrina, YouTube, Pope Benedict XVI, London bombings, Angela Merkel
- global cooperationUnited Nations, multilateralism, coalitions, peace treaty, peace treaties
Kyoto Protocolself-regulation
Managing one's own behavior