What is the Kyoto Protocol?

In 1997, representatives from more than 160 countries met in Kyoto, Japan, to set targets for greenhouse gas emissions. The overall emissions reduction for a majority of the world is 5.2 percent below 1990 levels, and the reduction goal for the United States is 7 percent below the 1990 level. The Protocol also prescribes potential actions that countries can take to reduce GHG emissions. These include energy efficiency; enhancement of carbon-absorbing sinks; research and development of carbon sequestration technologies; phasing out of fiscal incentives and subsidies that may inhibit the goal of emissions reductions; and reduction of methane emissions in waste management and energy production, distribution, and transportation.

WEB SITES (for more information)
www.cnie.org/nce/clim-3.html
www.cop4.org/kp/kp.html