Kyoto Protocol definition

Kyoto Protocol. Means the protocol to the UNFCCC adopted at the third conference of the parties to the UNFCCC in Kyoto, Japan, on December 11, 1997.

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Kyoto Protocol means the protocol to the UNFCCC adopted at the Third Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Kyoto, Japan on 11 December 1997 as may be amended;

Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992;

Examples of 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Greenhouse gases included are the seven gases mandated by the Kyoto Protocol: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇), ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇).

More Definitions of Kyoto Protocol

Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as amended by the Doha Amendment to that Protocol, agreed on 8 December 2012 in Doha;

Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted on 11 December 1997 and as subsequently adjusted and amended;

Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted at Kyoto on 11 December 1997;

Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC, adopted 11 December 1997.

Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2% compared to the baseline year of 1990. The goal is to lower overall emissions of six (6) greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, and perfluorocarbons) averaged over the period of 2008-2012.

Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted by consensus at the Third Session of the Conference of the Parties in December 1997.

Kyoto Protocol means the protocol to the Convention, adopted at the Third Conference of the Parties to the Convention in Kyoto, Japan on December 11th 1997.