Kyoto Protocol : Video

To know more about the Kyoto Protocol,

Here is a video About the protocol:

The Kyoto Protocol - Part three

          V. The Article of Kyoto Protocol

        The Article of Kyoto Protocol are too long to discuss and hard to understand. We will just give the summary or highlights of each Article:

• Article 1 of the Kyoto Protocol just highlights some terms and its definitions.
• Articles 4 and 11 discuss about assistance financially to developing countries.
• Articles 2, 3, 5, and 7 discuss the obligations of Annex I State Parties.
• Article 10 of the Kyoto Protocol tells about the basic United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change commitments to all parties.
• Articles 4, 6, 12, and 17 tell about the usage of mechanisms in the market that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Articles 9, 13, 14, 15, and 16 discuss the roles of Conference of Parties, its subsidiary bodies and Secretariat and processes in the Kyoto Protocol.
• Article 18 and 19 innovates the procedures on compliance.
• Annex I of the Kyoto Protocol gives list of obligations on parties that are already developed and parties that are in the process of transition about emissions reductions in the economy of the market.
• While the list of greenhouse gases that are covered by the Kyoto protocol can be found on Annex A.
• Also the list of the emissions targets for Annex I countries are found on Annex B.

                 The Full article of the Kyoto Protocol can be found HERE.
 

VI. Participation of the Philippines

Philippines today is one of the countries that are experiencing the greenhouse effect on global warming. Increased in sea level, precipitation, and temperature are some evidence in global warming to our country.

Last July 31, 2008 the institute of International and legal studies of the University of the Philippines college of Law conducted a seminar or a talk about Philippine Climate Change Policy: Mitigation and Adaption Measures which is about global warming.

The Kyoto Protocol - Part Two

IV. The Kyoto Mechanism 

1. Emissions Trading

The main objective of emissions trading is to minimize the cost of meeting the country’s target set of emissions. The Article 17 and the paragraphs 3.10 and 3.11 of the Kyoto Protocol discuss about the emissions trading.

Article 17:

"The Conference of the Parties shall define the relevant principles, modalities, rules and guidelines, in particular for verification, reporting and accountability for emissions trading. The Parties included in Annex B may participate in emissions trading for the purposes of fulfilling the commitments under Article 3. Any such trading shall be supplemental to domestic actions for the purpose of meeting quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments under that article." 

The Kyoto Protocol - Part One

I. Overview

The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol that was made by UNFCCC or what we call United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change so that global warming will be lessened and to fight global warming. The UNFCCC is an environmental treaty produced at UNCED or Earth Summit that aims to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations and to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. Countries that sign this protocol commit to lessen or reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone and also stop engaging on emissions trading.