print email comment close Kyoto Protocol URL: http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php Description: "Over a decade ago, most countries [including the U.S.] joined an international treaty -- the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) -- to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming. ... Recently, a number of nations have approved an addition to the treaty: the Kyoto Protocol." This site provides the text of the protocol (in several languages), a ratification status, information about compliance, and related material. From the United Nations. Publisher: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Extra Keywords greenhouse emissions gasses Marrakesh Accords temperature increase Library of Congress Subject Headings: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992). Protocols, etc., 1997 Dec. 11 Climatic changes Environmental law, International LII Database Information: Record 19445 created by Maria Brandt on 10/24/2005 Last modification on 11/14/2006 Published: 10/26/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19445