The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets. Kyoto Protocol states legal obligations to reduce emissions of four greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and sulfur hexafluoride), and two groups of gases (HFCs, PFCs (perfluorocarbon)) produced by industrialized nations “Annex I”, It also provides general commitments for all member countries. Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities.”
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Bonn convention
It is an environmental treaty under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme; CMS provides a global platform for the conservation […]
