Kyoto Protocol
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The Kyoto Protocol is a plan created by the United Nations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that tries to reduce the effects of climate change, such as global warming. The plan says that countries that adopt (follow) the Kyoto Protocol have to try to reduce how much carbon dioxide (and other "greenhouse gases" that hurt the atmosphere) they put into the air.
The full name of the Kyoto Protocol is the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is called the Kyoto Protocol because it was made in Kyoto, Japan. The Kyoto Protocol was officially put into "full force" on February 16, 2005. On February 16, Russia began to follow (ratify) the Kyoto Protocol and it was decided to be put into "full force". As of February 2005, 141 countries have agreed to follow the Kyoto Protocol, who make up for about 55% of the greenhouse gases released into our atmosphere.
There are still many countries which have not yet adopted it; these are:
- The United States of America, which puts 20 to 25% of the world's carbon dioxide into the air
- Australia,
- Monaco,
- ...and some other countries.
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