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Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. International Treaty Drafted: 1997 Amendment Year: DOHA Amendment of 2012. By Erin Meyers. Function. Convention of Climate Change: limits the amount of greenhouse gas emissions countries release into the atmosphere
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Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 International Treaty Drafted: 1997 Amendment Year: DOHA Amendment of 2012 By Erin Meyers
Function • Convention of Climate Change: limits the amount of greenhouse gas emissions countries release into the atmosphere • Kyoto Protocol: piggybacks onto Convention treaty and goes further into enforcing the reduction of emissions in developing countries • Group Enforcing Treaty: United Nations
Environmental Issues Affected • Air pollution of participating countries • Amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere • New industries in developing countries affecting levels of emissions • Speeding up global warming/climate change
Work Cited • http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/items/2627.php • http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php • http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/kpccc/kpccc.html • http://unfccc.int/2860.php