World leaders, climate experts, economists, climate justice advocates and other concerned citizens of the world are converging on Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The conference convenes from December 7 – 18 for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties (COP/MOP 5) to the Kyoto Protocol.
Convention vs Protocol
The major distinction between the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is that while the Convention encouraged industrialized countries to stabilize greenhouse gas (GHG )emissions, the Protocol commits them to do so.
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing GHG emissions .These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012.
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