It has something to do with global warming.
2006-12-03 12:34:19 · 4 answers · asked by baby A 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
An agreement on global warming reached by the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. The major industrial nations pledged to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases between 2008 and 2012. (See greenhouse effect.) Although the American delegation signed the protocol, the United States Senate has refused to ratify the treaty, mainly because it believes that the targeted reductions are so steep that they will produce a severe economic slump.
2006-12-03 12:36:21 · answer #1 · answered by Jonathan Mitchell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Kyoto Protocol is a legally binding agreement under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2% compared to the year 1990 (but note that, compared to the emissions levels that would be expected by 2010 without the Protocol, this target represents a 29% cut).
2006-12-03 20:41:12 · answer #2 · answered by chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's two words: Kyoto Protocol. It's an agreement, signed in Kyoto, Japan, between countries agreeing to reduce carbon emissions by the year 2012.
2006-12-03 20:37:22 · answer #3 · answered by ladybird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Kyoto Protocal was an international agreement, that the US did not uphold, calling for reductions is specific green houses gases among other things.
2006-12-03 21:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by Katherine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋