The protocol calls for developed countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) on average by 5.2% below 1990 levels by the years 2008-2012. Developing countries have no new obligations.

Azerbaijan has officially approved a "Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement,” signed on ...

The first big leap forward was the Kyoto Protocol, which was given the green light in 1997 under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

“Kyoto Protocol” clearly won, and apparently a large majority. The name of course, refers to the international convention that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

The adoption took place in Kyoto, Japan and by 1994, it had included 62 contracting parties. According to CG Darboe, the Protocol of Amendment was adopted by the council in June 1999 in Brussels.

The Kyoto Protocol, the first international treaty to set legally binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, was adoped 25 years ago, on 11 December 1997, in Kyoto, Japan.  ...

Based on the framework convention’s concept of “common but differentiated responsibilities,” the Kyoto Protocol focused on committing the industrialized nations to emissions reductions.

Subsidiary bodies provide scientific and technological advice and assess how well the Convention is being implemented. Subsequent agreements under the UNFCCC, such as the Kyoto Protocol and Paris ...

How familiar are you with the Kyoto Convention, which must not be confused with the Kyoto Protocol? The full name of the latter is the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on ...

November 18, 2004 – The Russian Federation ratifies the protocol, giving new hope that it can be implemented, even without the United States. February 16, 2005 – The Kyoto Protocol takes effect.