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PEW CENTER ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE E-ALERT - FEBRUARY 2005
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o Kyoto Protocol Enters Into Force: Special Website Coverage Now Available
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KYOTO PROTOCOL ENTERS INTO FORCE - FEBRUARY 16, 2005
The Kyoto Protocol, an international climate change agreement, enters into force on February 16th, 2005. The Protocol sets binding targets for developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions an average 5.2 percent below 1990 levels.
With entry into force, Kyoto's emission targets become binding legal commitments for those industrialized countries that have ratified it. The Kyoto Protocol was designed as a first step. The challenge now is forging an international framework that engages all major emitting countries in an effective long-term effort.
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has created a special section looking at the implications of Kyoto's entry into force, including history, related issues and reports and analyses. The section devotes significant space to the question:
What happens next?
To learn more, please visit:
http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=437684&l=78466
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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Report: Climate Data: Insights and Observations (December 2004)
http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=437684&l=78467
Q & A: Kyoto Protocol:
http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=437684&l=78468
Glossary: Key Terms Related to the Kyoto Protocol:
http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=437684&l=78469
Events Highlighting Kyoto's Entry Into Force:
http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=437684&l=78470
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change:
http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=437684&l=78471
A look at international, national and state emissions targets:
http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=437684&l=78472
