The Kyoto Protocol and The Green Movement

The "Kyoto Protocol" is an international agreement related to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and fulfills its promises by establishing internationally binding emissions reduction targets. Kyoto is regarded as a short-term compliance cost, not a long-term planetary benefit. According to the Protocol, each country must achieve its goal mainly through domestic measures. However, the protocol also provides another means to achieve its objectives through three market - based mechanisms.

The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement related to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) and other similar CFCs. "Kyoto Protocol" was adopted in Kyoto on December 11, 1997, and it came into effect on February 16, 2005. Currently, UNFCCC's "Kyoto Protocol" has a total of 192 parties (191 countries and 1 regional economic integration organization). Dark green indicates that the country signed the treaty and ratified it, and yellow indicates the country where you would like to sign and ratify the treaty. It is noteworthy that Australia and the United States signed it, but now refusing approval. Participating countries that ratified the "Kyoto Protocol" not only reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but also other countries such as methane (CH 4), nitrous oxide (N 2 0), hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), perfluorocarbon (PFC) We also promise to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Then, sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6)

In 2001, developed countries began ratifying the "Kyoto Protocol." Despite the withdrawal of the US and Australia, in 2005 the "Kyoto Protocol" came into effect and fulfilled the requirements of 55 Annex I countries (accounting for 55% of Annex 1 emissions in 1990). The Protocol includes cost effective implementation provisions by tradable authorization mechanisms, two of which are credit schemes (joint implementation and clean development mechanism), one of which is the quota and trading system (International Article 17 Transaction) Terminology). These are options available to the country.

Even after 10 years or more, the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol as a global environmental regime to cope with climate change remains questionable. This paper considers that the "Kyoto Protocol" is not enough to solve the problem of global warming. The discussion will be based on examination of the two issues of the Kyoto Protocol. First, I will explain the participation problem, especially the principle of 'common but differentiated responsibilities' (CDR). Second, the participation problem is related to the compliance issue of the Kyoto Protocol. This section explains the effectiveness of the three mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol - emissions trading, clean development mechanism (CDM), and joint implementation (JI).