Talk:Kyoto Protocol

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Section sizes

Section size for Kyoto Protocol (41 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 13,606 13,606 Chronology 1,945 1,945 Objectives 9,892 9,892 Principal concepts 2,311 19,305 Flexibility mechanisms 7,142 16,994 International emissions trading 79 9,852 Intergovernmental emissions trading 4,639 4,639 "Green Investment Schemes" 1,616 1,616 Trade in AAUs 2,071 2,071 Clean Development Mechanism 788 788 Joint Implementation 659 659 Details of the agreement 2,266 30,668 First commitment period: 2008–2012 8,988 8,988 Negotiations 2,919 12,984 Emissions cuts 5,289 5,289 Relation to temperature targets 4,776 4,776 Financial commitments 815 815 Implementation provisions 2,780 2,780 Mechanism of compliance 1,076 1,076 Monitoring emissions 1,000 1,000 Enforcing emission cuts 759 759 Ratification process 25 18,438 Countries that ratified the Protocol 8,236 8,236 Non-ratification by the US 6,054 6,054 Withdrawal of Canada 3,092 3,092 Other states and territories where the treaty was not applicable 1,031 1,031 Country types and their emissions 189 14,372 Annex I countries 3,344 9,979 Annex I parties with targets 5,591 5,591 Annex I parties without Kyoto targets 1,044 1,044 Non-Annex I 4,204 4,204 Problem areas 19 20,381 Views and criticism of the Protocol 10,448 10,448 Compliance 1,606 1,606 Emission trends in developing countries 1,302 1,302 Views on the flexibility mechanisms 7,006 7,006 Amendment and successor 10,221 10,221 See also 247 247 References 28 8,641 Sources 8,613 8,613 External links 10,218 10,218 Total 157,934 157,934

Maps not very clear

THe maps are hard to understand since there is no legend. Why not use the same maps as many other language versions:

Kyoto Protocol participation until 2011:

  Signed and ratified.

  Signed, ratification declined.

  No position.

Kyoto Protocol extension period 2012-2020 participation

  Parties; Annex I & II countries with binding targets

  Parties; Developing countries without binding targets

  States not Party to the Protocol

  Signatory country with no intention to ratify the treaty, with no binding targets

  Countries that have renounced the Protocol, with no binding targets

  Parties with no binding targets in the second period, which previously had targets

Should a section be added about military exemptions agreed to by countries in Kyoto?

I've posted about this elsewhere, but I thought that it wouldn't hurt to post about it here. So, there was this new briefing book from the National Security Archive, saying it is about the "U.S. pursuit of military exemptions to the Kyoto Protocol." Within that post it says

The documents in this post expand that story by focusing on the advocacy by U.S. negotiators in Kyoto for national security exemptions during and after the climate change conference...Pentagon officials...were U.S. delegates in Kyoto...On December 11, 1997, the same day the Kyoto Protocol was adopted...the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties released a decision which enshrined the exemptions within the treaty...The decision stated that emissions “based upon fuel sold to ships or aircraft engaged in international transport,” i.e., bunker fuels, should not be part of national totals. It was further decided that emissions from multilateral operations following the United Nations Charter would not be included in national emissions totals but would be “reported separately”...This document summarizes the Third Session of Conference of the Parties in Kyoto from December 1 to December 11, 1997, including actions taken during the conference, and it lists carbon dioxide emissions of participants in 1990. On page 31 is a resolution entitled “Methodological issues related to the Kyoto protocol,” decided on the last day of the conference. This resolution urges the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to elaborate on the inclusion of emissions from bunker fuels in national emissions inventories. It decides that emissions from multilateral military operations pursuant to the United Nations Charter will be reported separately rather than “included in national totals” along with other related emissions then being included in national emissions totals of another country.

Maybe something about this could be added under the "Details of the agreement" section? It could be titled "Military exemptions." I think it could definitely be relevant, but I wanted to get your thoughts before doing anything to the page. Historyday01 (talk) 22:24, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

What is the point of the Kyoto Protocol today if there is a Paris climate agreement

when will this protocol cease to exist if there is a Paris agreement that is cooler than this protocol helps to curb global warming, and the question is why the Doha amendment to the old protocol if it is already clear that the Kyoto protocol is no longer relevant at the present time Никита Холин (talk) 18:40, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

The Kyoto Protocol expired on 31 December 2020. TuomoS (talk) 18:21, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Removed "further reading" list

I've removed the "further reading" list as I think it wasn't really adding value:

• Ekardt, F./von Hövel, A.: Distributive Justice, Competitiveness, and Transnational Climate Protection. In: Carbon & Climate Law Review, Vol. 3., 2009, p. 102–114.
• Katy Longden, Roshni Pabari, Munir Hassan, and Dalia Majumder-Russel, "Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation (A Legal Guide)". Advocates for International Development (June 2012)
• Romain Morel, and Igor Shishlov, "Ex-post evaluation of the Kyoto Protocol: Four key lessons for the 2015 Paris Agreement". CDC Climat Research (May 2014)
• Sebastian Oberthür, Hermann E. Ott: International Climate Policy for the 21st Century, 1999, Springer.

Economics

• Weyant, J. P., ed. (May 1999). "The Costs of the Kyoto Protocol: A Multi-Model Evaluation". Energy Journal (Special issue). Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2009. From this issue:
  • Manne, A. S.; Richels, R. "The Kyoto Protocol: A Cost-Effective Strategy for Meeting Environmental Objectives?" (PDF). Retrieved 8 August 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Nordhaus, W. D.; Boyer, J. G. "Requiem for Kyoto: An Economic Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2000. Retrieved 8 August 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) EMsmile (talk) 13:35, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Some improvements to the structure

I've re-arranged the structure a bit to use more of the generic main level headings. Also, I have taken out some content about the background on climate change or greenhouse gas emissions that is now covered better in other Wikipedia articles (that content might have been important here before those other articles had been improved). I think more work is still require to streamline this article a bit more, to make it more focused. - I was motivated to work on this article based on work I was doing on the UNFCCC article and because the pageviews are surprisingly high (very similar to those for the the Paris Agreement, see here). EMsmile (talk) 14:17, 15 January 2024 (UTC)