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Today in Chemistry History: 16 February - The Kyoto Protocol (2005)

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TODAY IN CHEMISTRY HISTORY

16TH FEBRUARY – THE KYOTO PROTOCOL (2005)

192 TARGET
5.2%
COUNTRIES by 2012 relative to
1990
signed and
ratified

ratified but
withdrawn

signed but
not ratified

GREENHOUSE GASES
H
+ –
C O C O O N N HYDROFLUOROCARBONS
H H
H
PERFLUOROCARBONS

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE
METHANE CARBON DIOXIDE NITROUS OXIDE
Greenhouse gas emissions
Emissions (million metric tons)

35K
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty to reduce the emission 30K
of six greenhouse gases. 192 countries are party to the protocol, but 25K
only 38 had binding targets for the first period (2008–2012). These 38 20K

countries met their target collectively – but an absence of binding 15K

targets for developing nations such as China and India meant that 10K
5K
worldwide greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise.
1990 2012

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