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By Erin Meyers CONVENTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL OF 1997 International Treaty Drafted: 1997 Amendment Year: DOHA Amendment of 2012

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol of 1997

By Erin Meyers

CONVENTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL OF 1997

International TreatyDrafted: 1997

Amendment Year: DOHA Amendment of 2012

Page 2: Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol of 1997

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

Page 3: Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol of 1997

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

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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