Home come the Kyoto Protocol has not worked to reduce CO2 levels.?

Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol#Description

Answer 1

Because the Kyoto Protocol has not included the biggest CO2 producing countries becasue they are still devoloping.

Answer 2

because many nations have been inactive with kyoto, failing to miss targets and not being repremanded for failing to meet targets. kyoto was largely a symbolic gesture, at the same time that countries involved in kyoto are reducing emissions non kyoto countries like the USA, chin and india with tons of pollution are continuing to rise in pollution. the fact that this treaty did not cover all countries means that most likely there will never be a cut in greenhouse gases unless all countries act. if the three largest polluters would get involved we would see meaningful cuts, untill then not a chance.

Answer 3

Those countries that are taking a stand in the fight against global warming have been successful in reducing their carbon dioxide emissions. Whilst many countries in the world have increased their emissions most European nations have reduced theirs and in some countries such as the UK legislation has been passed that will reduce emissions by 60% over the next 50 years.

Whilst the Kyoto Protocol hasn't been as successful as some people would have liked it to have been, it has greatly slowed the increase in CO2 emissions worldwide. Had it not been for Kyoto emission levels would be even higher than they are now.

What's required is for individuals and countries to implement the requirements of Kyoto. Western Europe has shown that it can easily be done and has proved that it's beneficial to do so. The cleaner, greener technologies that have been developed are more efficient than the older, dirtier technology. These technologies are in demand throughout the world - the countries that have done the most to implement Kyoto are the ones that are seeing the biggest financial and technological benefits.

Answer 4

Because CO2 is intrinsically tied to a county's economy. If you decrease CO2 in a measurable way you would have to decrease industry which would destroy any county's economy. No country is willing to reduce CO2 in this way for good reason.

Answer 5

Because the Kyoto Protcol is a comeplete joke that will destroy our economy.

In laymen's terms for the rich spoiled kids,

your rich daddy won't be able to update your itunes or afford an iPod anyway.


Destroying our economy for the Earth is stupid. Why prolong your life just to live miserably? That is just stupid. If we signed then teh economy would be a complete mess. People would be losing jobs and selling homes for money and people would be commiting suicide.

Answer 6

if global warming were caused by co2, evidence shows that it would take protocols hundreds to thousands of times more restrictive and costly to even make a dent.

Answer 7

because it hasn't been implemented by the united states and it doesn't make china and india responsible for their emissions. otherwise it might have helped.
on the other hand here is a way you can stop co2 levels and also help the environment in many ways.
Over 80% of the dry tropical forests from northern Costa Rica to Mexico have been cut down. Areas of this size and larger have been cut down throughout the world including the Amazon, Indonesia, the Congo and other rain forests. The Caribbean side of Costa Rica has also been decimated with deforestation. The temperature after removing the
rain forest has risen dramatically in these large tracts of land. The weather pattern also changes from this deforestation in each locality and they become drier. When these huge
areas have their trees removed, erosion dumps millions of tons of sediment into the rivers that flow into the oceans. This sediment slowly suffocates the polyps of the precious coral reefs in the tropics. What is the main reason for cutting these rain forests down? The main reason is to make room to raise cattle, not logging as many people think. With logging they generally cut down large hardwoods. To raise cow meat they cut down everything. In Central America
much of the beef is exported to the United States. The cattle industry, over all, causes more global warming than car emissions do. What can the average person do? eat soy, legumes and nuts as a protein source. This is a better way to practice sustainability. If the beef is grown in the United States sorry that isn't sustainable either. A person who eats cow meat (beef) as their main protein source requires about 30 acres of land each year and over 2000 gallons of precious water to raise that steer for protein. That is not sustainability. A person eating soy for their main source of protein only requires one acre of land and about 40 gallons of water each year to grow it. Also, soy doesn't add millions of tons of methane gas each year to our atmosphere. it actually absorbs co2. cows do produce over 100 million tons of this global warming methane gas in the U.S. alone. Cattle excrement also is adding to major pollution problems in our water systems today. Stop eating beef! Or if you absolutely can't stop eating beef, cut back to once a week or once a month. if you must eat a meat chicken is much less destructive to the environment than beef, here in the tropics. Besides, refraining from eating beef is healthier in the long run.
Here is another important environmental disaster, 90% percent of the shrimp served in the U.S. and in other countries comes from the tropics. It is harvested in non-sustainable ways. I have witnessed in one month over 190 sea turtles wash up on shore with their fins cut off, dead from drowning by shrimpers in the osa penninsula. Along with that, for every pound of shrimp harvested, about ten pounds of other creatures are killed and thrown overboard. Yes, much shrimp is farmed. The farms are generally constructed where mangrove swamps, another very important and fragile ecosystem, have been cut down for this purpose and ponds are made to raise the shrimp. After the shrimp are harvested from these ponds the water in them is released into the mangroves. Unfortunately the nitrate level is so high that many of the mangrove fish and other underwater creatures die. So eating shrimp is not sustainable either for our planet. If you want to take responsibility in helping save our planet from global warming, deforestation of the rain forests, dying coral reefs there are many other eating alternatives. please, eat to live, don't live to eat.
For our children's sake and the sake of the rain forests, coral reefs and the entire planet we need to step up and do something other than practice over indulgence. Cavemen had to hunt to get their protein and that was ok. Then we started raising animals to get our protein and that was needed. Now we know how to get all of the protein we need from plants. So it is time to evolve another step and stop the senseless cruelty to raising animals for food and also help control global warming and its effects at the same time.
henry
jungle guide and specialist in breeding endangered birds.

Answer 8

Thats because the worlds lagest CO2 producer the US did not ratify the protocal.

Answer 9

Because its pure bull

Answer 10

Because there is still industry, cars etc. ... and people still breathing.