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Historic Implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Global Climate Action

The Kyoto Protocol, a crucial plan to combat global warming, officially took effect on February 16, 2005. Despite opposition from the US and Australia, 141 nations support this landmark treaty, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the planet.

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Historic Implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Global Climate Action

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  1. A South Korean protester shouts slogan during a rally criticizing the United States's withdrawal of support for the Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites) in Seoul February 16, 2005. The Kyoto Protocol formally took effect at 0500 GMT. REUTERS/You Sung-Ho

  2. kyotophoto2 Smoke billows from an oil refinery in Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung February 16, 2005. After years of delays, the Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites), a world plan to fight global warming, went into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia. REUTERS/Stringer

  3. kyotophoto3 The sun sets over smoke from an oil refinery in Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung, February 15, 2005. After years of delay, the Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites) to fight global warming takes effect on Wednesday, the first legally binding plan to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by developed countries. Picture taken on February 15, 2005. REUTERS/Stringer

  4. kyotophoto4 A view of traffic on a freeway out of the Sydney central business district February 16, 2005. After years of delays, a world plan to fight global warming went into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia. REUTERS/David Gray

  5. kyouophoto5 Smoke rises from oil refineries in Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung February 15, 2005. After years of delays, a world plan to fight global warming went into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia. The Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites) formally took effect at 0500 GMT. Picture taken on February 15, 2005. REUTERS/Stringer

  6. kyotophoto6 Japanese wearing polar bear costumes 'growl' on a street corner in Tokyo's posh Ginza shopping district February 16, 2005. After years of delays, a world plan to fight global warming went into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia. The Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites) formally took effect at 0500 GMT. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita

  7. kyotophoto7 woman from Kyoto, in front of a sign marking the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites) Agreement. The landmark treaty requiring cuts in gas emissions causing global warming, is to take effect with support of 141 nations but is being boycotted by the world's biggest polluter the United States(AFP/Greenpeace/Jeremy Sitton-Hibbert)

  8. kyoto8 A Greenpeace ballon celebrates the signing of the Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites) over that city(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)

  9. kyoto9 An activist protests George W. Bush's withdrawal of support for the Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites). The world's most far-reaching environmental treaty took effect at 0500 GMT with 34 industrialized countries legally bound to slash pollution causing global warming(AFP/File/Brendan Smialowski)

  10. kyotophoto10 Members of a Japanese environmental group smile while holding anti-carbon dioxide placards at celebrations to mark the Kyoto Protocol (news - web sites) coming into force. The world's most far-reaching environmental treaty took effect with the support of 141 nations but a boycott by the biggest polluter the United States(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)

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