Kyoto Protocol 1997 Success and Failures
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- Created on: 13-06-15 18:04
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- Kyoto Protocol 1997
- Failures
- (1) Not ratified by the USA in either Clinton or Bush administration
- Allowed for other states such as China and India to refuse
- Largest emitter as 25%
- (2) Wasn't legally binding for developing states
- China overtook USA in emissions by 2008
- (3) Generally failed to realise goal of preventing ...
- 'Dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system'; regional organisations such as EU have done a much better job
- (1) Not ratified by the USA in either Clinton or Bush administration
- Failures
- Successes
- (1) Succeeded in more than its predecessor the 1992 Rio Earth Summit
- 37 developed states ratified
- A further 137 developing states ratified
- 37 developed states ratified
- (2) Was also legally binding
- Targets aimed to significantly reduce carbon emissions of EU and USA specifically
- (3) 'Flexibility mechanisms' of the targets brought in 'emissions trading'
- Carbon was now a commodity, allowed for target reaching to be easier
- (4) Brought in consensus on 'mitigation and adaptation' as opposed to no action at all
- (1) Succeeded in more than its predecessor the 1992 Rio Earth Summit
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