Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
For the purposes of this Protocol, the definitions contained in Article 1 of the Convention shall apply. In addition:
- “Conference of the Parties” means the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.
- “Convention” means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted in New York on 9 May 1992.
- “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” means the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change established in 1988 jointly by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme.
- “Montreal Protocol” means the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, adopted in Montreal on 16 September 1987 and as subsequently adjusted and amended.
- “Parties present and voting” means Parties present and casting an affirmative or negative vote.
- “Party” means, unless the context otherwise indicates, a Party to this Protocol.
- “Party included in Annex I” means a Party included in Annex I to the Convention, as may be amended, or a Party which has made a notification under Article 4, paragraph 2 (g), of the Convention.

Clean Development Mechanism
- Consideration of commitments for subsequent periods for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention under Article 3, paragraph 9, of the Kyoto Protocol
- Principles, nature and scope of the mechanisms pursuant to Articles 6, 12 and 17 of the Kyoto Protocol
- Modalities and procedures for a clean development mechanism as defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol
- Guidance relating to the clean development mechanism
- Modalities and procedures for afforestation and reforestation project activities under the clean development mechanism in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol
- Simplified modalities and procedures for small-scale afforestation and reforestation project activities under the clean development mechanism in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol and measures to facilitate their implementation
- Further guidance relating to the clean development mechanism
- Implications of the establishment of new hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (HCFC-22) facilities seeking to obtain certified emission reductions for the destruction of hydrofluorocarbon-23 (HFC-23)

Emission Trading – Joint Implementation
- Guidelines for the implementation of Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol
- Implementation of Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol
- Modalities, rules and guidelines for emissions trading under Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol
- Guidance relating to registry systems under Article 7, paragraph 4, of the Kyoto Protocol
- Modalities for the accounting of assigned amounts under Article 7, paragraph 4, of the Kyoto Protocol
- Standard electronic format for reporting Kyoto Protocol units
- Guidelines for the preparation of the information required under Article 7 of the Kyoto Protocol

Kyoto Protocol Status of Ratification
European Community:
“The European Community declares that, in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular article 175 (1) thereof, it is competent to enter into international agreements, and to implement the obligations resulting therefrom, which contribute to the pursuit of the following objectives:
- Preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment;
- Potecting human health;
- Pudent and rational utilisation of natural resources;
- Pomoting measures at international level to deal with regional or world wide environmental problems.
The European Community declares that its quantified emission reduction commitment under the Protocol will be fulfilled through action by the Community and its Member States within the respective competence of each and that it has already adopted legal instruments, binding on its Member States, covering matters governed by the Protocol.
The European Community will on a regular basis provide information on relevant Community legal instruments within the framework of the supplementary information incorporated in its national communication submitted under article 12 of the Convention for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with its commitments under the Protocol in accordance with article 7 (2) thereof and the guidelines thereunder.”

The Kyoto liability/provision
The current official Kyoto Provision, as at 28 February 2006, is $582 million. This is based on a New Zealand/US dollar exchange rate of NZ 0.6598 cents, an estimated deficit of emission units of 64 Mt (million tonnes) and a price per tonne of carbon of $US6.00 (or $NZ 9.09) per emissions unit. The price of Kyoto-compliant emission units is updated annually by Treasury and will be next updated in the June 2006 'actuals' reported to Treasury.

Move Kyoto forward in Montreal, urges WWF
Background: More than 10,000 delegates from government, business, and civil society are gathering in Montreal for the jointly held 11th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the first Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, known as COPMOP1 (Monday 28 November to Friday 9 December).

Kyoto – first of ten steps towards a CO2 neutral energy future
As the Kyoto Protocol enters into force today, WWF says countries need to take another nine steps to make the Protocol the success that the world needs to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.

This danger level is recognized by the EU and other key players as a rise of the average global temperature of 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

Kyoto Protocol stronger after Montreal meeting
International — "How often does one walk into one of these things and come out at the end of it at 6 in the morning with just about everything you asked for coming in? Not very often." That was Greenpeace climate campaigner Steve Sawyer's reaction at the end of the Climate summit in Montreal.
“The Kyoto Protocol is stronger today than it was two weeks ago. This historic first Meeting of the Parties has acknowledged the urgency of the threat that climate change poses to the world’s poorest people, and eventually, to all of us. The decisions made here have cleared the way for long term action,” said Bill Hare, Greenpeace International Climate Policy Advisor in Montreal.

Kyoto Protocol celebrates first anniversary
Tetra Pak and WWF Sweden have signed a three year agreement to globally cooperate in forestry and climate change programmes. In particular, the agreement proposes actions to demonstrate responsible purchasing of forest-based products and to reduce Tetra Pak's CO2 emissions over the next five years by an absolute 10%.

Kyoto Protocol becomes law. The new dawn of the climate
Greenpeace activists, supporters, and volunteers around the world celebrated the coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol with banners, windmills, actions against dirty power, and a shutdown of trading on the International Petroleum Exchange in London. After more than ten years of protracted - sometimes exhausting, often frustrating - negotiations, thirty-five industrialised countries along with the European Community are now legally bound to reduce or limit their greenhouse gas emissions.

Kyoto negotiations inch forward
“After two weeks of negotiations, the brakes are off and the process is moving forward,” said Jennifer Morgan, Director of WWF’s Global Climate Change Programme. “However, a serious scale-up in the intensity of work is needed or the impacts of climate change will quickly overtake this process if countries are not careful.”

Government attending Kyoto talks need to commit to lower Greenhouse gas emissions
Montreal, Canada – Governments meeting in Montreal for the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol must start negotiations to set commitments for lower greenhouse gas emissions after 2012, says WWF.

Canada: Kyoto plan aims low, hopes high
The long-anticipated Kyoto implementation plan announced by Canada’s government today aims for success by expecting something from everyone but not enough from the major emitters of greenhouse gases, says WWF.

The Kyoto Protocol entered into force on
Prime Minister Paul Martin marked today's entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change by announcing that Canada will host the Eleventh Conference of the Parties (CoP 11) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Montreal from November 28 to December 9, 2005.

Achieving our Kyoto targets – a first step toward a greener Canada
The coming into force tomorrow (February 16th) of the Kyoto Protocol presents both a challenge and significant opportunities to Canadians and Canada, ones that citizens want to embrace, according to the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Canada’s Minister of the Environment.