what is KYOTO protocol
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The Kyoto Protocol, also known as the Kyoto Accord, is an international treaty among industrialized nations that sets mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions. The greenhouse effect is the warming effect of the sun on greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, that act to trap this heat in our atmosphere.
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The Kyoto Protocol, signed in 1997 in Kyoto Japan, was the primary mechanism through which the global community took steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Kyoto Protocol entered into force in February 2005, and obliged industrialized countries that have ratified the accord to reduce their emissions of six greenhouse gases (GHG), the major contributors being carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
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