kyoto protocol 1997

Kyoto protocol 1997

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Abstract

The United Nations framework convention on climate change , devised the international agreement termed as Kyoto Protocol , in to work towards preserving the environment . The protocol was aimed at diminuating the intensity of six major greenhouse gases namely carbon dioxide , methane , nitrous oxide , sulfur hexafluoride , hydro fluorocarbons , and perfluorocarbons

What is this International Agreement

Global warming intimidates the very existence of all life forms on earth . The emanations of the aforementioned six gases contribute considerable to

the thinning of the ozone layer , the consequences of which can be summed up in the rising of the sea levels , melting of snow caps , floods and droughts . By 1990 the ratio of these emissions had risen by a considerable amount , as substantiated in the report published by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . The report called for urgent actions to curb the threat of climatic alteration Thus , at the United Nations Conference of Environment and Development the birth of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place . The decisive objective of the meeting was "Stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system (UNFCCC , Article 2 , 2008 . Furthermore , the agreement also encouraged achieving the change in a limited time span , so as to avoid an economic standstill by allowing the eco-system to align with the change in the atmosphere

The concurrence focused primarily on the industrialized nations...