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Presented By-Pooja (Section-A) Harshita Sharma (Section-B) Prateek Verma (Section-C) Pallavi Jaiswal (Section-D
Presented By-Pooja (Section-A) Harshita Sharma (Section-B) Prateek Verma (Section-C) Pallavi Jaiswal (Section-D
An International Agreement that set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, was adopted in Kyoto, Japan on 11th December 1997.
The protocol was developed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) Goal - reducing emissions of greenhouse gases Headquarter at New York Negotiated in 1997 but ratified on Feb 15,2005. 191 countries are members of Kyoto protocol Contains 2 Annexes:
Annex countries : Developed countries Non -Annex countries : Developing countries
USA Japan Germany United Kingdom Canada Italy Poland France Australia Spain Czech Republic Netherlands Romania Belgium Bulgaria Greece
36.1 8.5 7.4 4.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.6
Hungary Austria Denmark Finland Slovakia Sweden Norway Switzerland Estonia Ireland Latvia New Zealand Luxembourg Monaco Liechtenstein Iceland
0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
China India Brazil Mexico Malaysia Thailand Philippines Chile South Korea Vietnam Columbia Israel Argentina Peru South Africa Honduras Guatemala Srilanka Panama Pakistan
EARLIER
NOW
Kyoto protocol created legally based targets for the member countries Increasing awareness of the need for pollution control It is an outcomes of the Kyoto Protocol It was enforced from Feb 2008
A credit for reducing 1 tonne of CO2 (Green House Gases) from the atmosphere
FLEXIBILITY MECHANISM
Emission trading
Joint implementation
Project based
Sets a project Developed country (needs CC) Developing Country Earns carbon credits called Certified Emission Reduction
India signed the Kyoto protocol in August 2002 India is the second-largest seller of carbon credits globally . India consistently ranked no.1 on CDM country ranking for the past year. Over 75% of Indias CDM potential lies in the energy sector.
Kyoto Protocol extended till 2020: Doha Climate Conference(26th nov) Carbon credit scam would have cost Britain 2bn