Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 By Kathleen Chang Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 Published in 1992 by the UN on Climate Change Became effective 2005 in December for all countries Japan accepted in 1997 Doha amendment in 2012 recommitted nations to climate change policies and active endeavors International - 37 countries signed the Doha, 84 signed the Kyoto Protocol, now 192 CoCC was negotiated in 1994

Function Reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere By Kathleen Chang Function Reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere Preventing harms from anthropogenic sources and preventing harms to anthropogenic sources Maintain stable climate system Control countries with greater emissions and limit their emissions Binds all signing countries to maintain environmentally sustainable principles Forces countries to create policies that are compliant with the notions of the Kyoto Protocol Continues to maintain environmental sustainability within countries Kyoto Protcol set targets for nations to comply with while the principles were created by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Agency/Group Responsible for Enforcement By Kathleen Chang Agency/Group Responsible for Enforcement United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change