Kyoto Protocol

                                                                                                                   Photo Source: Kyoto Protocol Website

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty under the UNFCCC. Adopted last 1997, the protocol commits 43 Annex I countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions for the period 2008-2012 below or equal to the level of their emissions in 1990. By 2012, the Doha Amendment to the protocol was proposed to extend the protocol to a second commitment period for 2013-2020. However, only 37 countries have committed to binding targets.