Executive
act, which contains legally binding targets and decisions
on the operational implementation of some of the commitments
of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change) signed in December
1997 at the conclusion of the Third Plenary Session of the
Conference of Parties (COP3). The Protocol commits developed
countries and countries with economies in transition (Eastern
European countries) to reduce a total of 5.2 percent of
the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by 2010
and, more specifically, in the period between 2008 and 2012.
The basket of greenhouse gases considered in the Protocol
includes six gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,
hydrates fluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride.
The base year for reducing emissions of the first three
gases is 1990, while the remaining three (which are harmful
gases and stratospheric ozone than for other aspects fall
into another protocol, the Montreal Protocol) is the 1995.
The overall decrease of 5.2 percent is not equal for all
countries. For the member countries of the European Union
as a whole, the sum should be equal to 8 percent for the
U.S. to 7 per cent for Japan 6 per cent. The Kyoto Protocol
will enter into force 90 days after ratification by at least
55 parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change,
including countries, Annex I (industrialized countries is
substantially) that are responsible Overall at least 55
percent of all CO2 emissions in 1990. |