Kyoto Protocol

(noun)

The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) that set binding obligations on the industrialized countries to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.

Related Terms

Examples of Kyoto Protocol in the following topics:

  • Oil

    • For example, oil executives were invited to consult on issues such as the U.S. position on the Kyoto Protocol and the involvement in Iraq.

  • Environmental Policy

    • For example, when the U.S. pulled out of its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol there was a great deal of international criticism.

  • Climate Change

    • The Kyoto Protocol was one such treaty, first introduced in Kyoto, Japan in 2005.

  • Energy Policy

    • The United States had resisted endorsing the Kyoto Protocol, preferring to let the market drive CO2 reductions to mitigate global warming, which will require CO2 emission taxation .

  • Impact of the Articles of Confederation

    • The Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance created a territorial government, set up protocols for the admission of new states and the division of land into useful units and set aside land in each township for public use.

  • The Cabinet

    • Those that remain include storage and use of the Great Seal of the United States, performance of protocol functions for the White House, and the drafting of certain proclamations.

  • The Sixth Amendment and Jury Trials

    • Summarize the rights afforded to an accused under the Sixth Amendment and describe the protocols in place to achieve the impartiality of the jury to ensure these rights

  • Head of State

    • Head of State is a term used in constitutional law, international law, political science, and diplomatic protocol to designate an official who holds the highest ranked position in a state and has the vested or implied powers to act as the chief public representative of a sovereign state.