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Background<br />

• The Kyoto Protocol: international<br />

treaty on global warming, as an<br />

amendment to the United Nations<br />

Framework Convention on <strong>Climate</strong><br />

<strong>Change</strong> (UNFCCC).<br />

• The developed countries commit<br />

themselves to reducing their collective<br />

emissions <strong>of</strong> six key greenhouse gases<br />

by at least 5%.<br />

• 141 countries have ratified the<br />

agreement.<br />

• Estimated to reduce average global<br />

temp. between 0.02˚C & 0.28˚C by<br />

2050.

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