Climate change poses a substantial hazard to both regional and global habitats and populations. It is distinguished by rising temperatures, changed weather patterns, and increased frequency of extreme ...

Back in 1997, President Bill Clinton signed on to the goals and processes of the Kyoto Protocol, which commits signatory countries to reduce greenhouse gases in amounts sufficient to prevent ...

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 ...

The Kyoto Protocol did not compel developing countries, including major carbon emitters China and India, to take action. The United States signed the agreement in 1998 but never ratified it and ...

Unlike Kyoto, The Paris Agreement didn’t involve new legal obligations, and it included commitments from all major countries to mitigate climate change.

The Protocol also featured other elements that have become hallmarks of international climate negotiations. Kyoto established an adaptation fund to support developing countries, which has grown ...

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement reached in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, mandating that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Facts 192 ...

Here’s a look at the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement reached in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, mandating that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Facts 192 parties have ratified the ...

Countries that ratify the Kyoto Protocol agreed to reduce emissions of six greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, HFCs ...