Kyoto Protocol

(noun)

The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) that set binding obligations on the industrialized countries to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.

Related Terms

  • environmental policy
  • Renewable
  • anthropogenic
  • cap-and-trade
  • global warming

Examples of Kyoto Protocol in the following topics:

  • Oil

    • For example, oil executives were invited to consult on issues such as the U.S. position on the Kyoto Protocol and the involvement in Iraq.
  • Environmental Policy

    • For example, when the U.S. pulled out of its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol there was a great deal of international criticism.
  • Climate Change

    • The Kyoto Protocol was one such treaty, first introduced in Kyoto, Japan in 2005.
  • Energy Policy

    • The United States had resisted endorsing the Kyoto Protocol, preferring to let the market drive CO2 reductions to mitigate global warming, which will require CO2 emission taxation .
  • Impact of the Articles of Confederation

    • The Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance created a territorial government, set up protocols for the admission of new states and the division of land into useful units and set aside land in each township for public use.
  • The Cabinet

    • Those that remain include storage and use of the Great Seal of the United States, performance of protocol functions for the White House, and the drafting of certain proclamations.
  • The Sixth Amendment and Jury Trials

    • Summarize the rights afforded to an accused under the Sixth Amendment and describe the protocols in place to achieve the impartiality of the jury to ensure these rights
  • Head of State

    • Head of State is a term used in constitutional law, international law, political science, and diplomatic protocol to designate an official who holds the highest ranked position in a state and has the vested or implied powers to act as the chief public representative of a sovereign state.
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