the Kyoto Protocol definition
Examples of the Kyoto Protocol in a sentence
In 2003, the European Union adopted a directive implementing the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and establishing a greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading scheme within the European Union.
In the case of amendments to Annex 1 of this Agreement that require changes in primary legislation in Iceland, the entry into force of such amendments shall take into account the time that is required for the adoption of such changes by Iceland and the need to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol and decisions.
The Union shall prepare a report to facilitate the calculation of the assigned amount of the Union and a report to facilitate the calculation of the joint assigned amount of the Union, its Member States and Iceland ("the joint assigned amount"), in accordance with this Agreement, the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol, the Doha Amendment and decisions adopted thereunder.
The Parties agree to fulfil their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments for the second commitment period inscribed in the third column of Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol jointly, in accordance with the terms of the joint fulfilment.
This Agreement is concluded for the time period until the end of the additional period for fulfilling commitments in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol or until any questions of implementation under the Kyoto Protocol for any of the Parties, related to that commitment period or the implementation of the joint fulfilment, are resolved, whichever is the later.
Special attention shall be paid to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.
Iceland shall, by 15 April 2015, submit to the Secretariat of the UNFCCC a report to facilitate the calculation of its assigned amount, in accordance with this Agreement, the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol, the Doha Amendment and decisions adopted thereunder.
Greenhouse gases included are the seven gases mandated by the Kyoto Protocol: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇), ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇).
To that end, Iceland shall take all necessary measures in order to ensure that its aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in the second commitment period of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A to the Kyoto Protocol from sources and sinks covered by the Kyoto Protocol, which do not fall under the scope of the ETS Directive, do not exceed its assigned amount set out in the terms of the joint fulfilment.
When depositing its instrument of acceptance of the Doha Amendment, Iceland shall also notify the terms of the joint fulfilment, on its own behalf, to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Kyoto Protocol.