Nations across the globe have made efforts to bring our earth back to its past glory. In 1992, an international environmental treaty called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The Kyoto Protocol is an extension to this global agreement. The protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. A significant step in conserving nature, the treaty came into force on 16 February 2005.
While human quest for development and growth has contributed to significant climate changes, most of the damage was done due to the rapid industrialization that happened in the developed countries. The Kyoto Protocol recognized the fact that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere because of their long years of industrial activity. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries, and the European community, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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