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The Kyoto Protocol is an international environmental treaty adopted in 1997 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It established legally binding greenhouse gas reduction targets for many industrialized countries and economies in transition, while assigning no comparable binding targets to developing countries in its first commitment period. The protocol entered into force in 2005 and became a central early framework for international climate policy.
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What is the Kyoto Protocol?
The Kyoto Protocol is an international climate treaty adopted in 1997 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It set legally binding greenhouse-gas reduction targets for many industrialized countries and economies in transition.
When was the Kyoto Protocol adopted?
The protocol was adopted in 1997. It was designed as a framework for reducing emissions through commitments that applied mainly to developed countries.
How did the Kyoto Protocol divide responsibility for emissions cuts?
The agreement followed the principle that industrialized countries had greater historical responsibility for greenhouse-gas emissions. Developing countries did not receive the same binding reduction targets under the original structure.
How is the Kyoto Protocol different from the Paris Agreement?
Kyoto placed binding reduction targets mainly on developed countries, while the Paris Agreement uses national climate pledges from nearly all countries. The two treaties are separate parts of the UN climate regime.
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