Kyoto Protocol

Kyoto Protocol

1. The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 marked the first real international attempt to cooperate to reduce carbon emissions

   • The aim of the earth summit was to halt the destruction of irreplaceable natural resources

2. Bigger, richer, more developed countries agreed there would be no raise in carbon emissions

   • They can afford to purchace and put money into very expensive machenery such as wind turbines
   • Most of the most developed countries also have very high carbon emissions to to advance,ments in technology

3. It was established in 1997

   • The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change was held in Kyoto, Japan
     • Hence the name Kyoto Protocol

4. Each individual country has its own target

   • This is due to the fact that different countries are more developed than others
   • Some countries can afford to buy wind turbine etc. which can be very expensive to set up

5. The treaty became legally binding in the year 2005

   • This was encouraging sign that we were beginning to take our roles seriously when helping protect the earth

6. Over 100 developing countries have been exempted from the treaty

   • Such as India and China
     • Because of the exemptions of India and China, countries such as the USA and Australia originally opted out

7. The Agreement included a promise to reduce green house gasses to 5% below 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012

   • If counties failed to reach their designated targets they would be fined and the money would be put towards better purposes
   • The protocol has had successes and failures - The UK has cut down over their target carbon footprint

8. 192 countries have joined the protocol

   • We want to have comfortable lives now and reduce climate change and global warming
   • We also want to create a sustainable future ensuring that future generations live comfortable with renewable sources of energy