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Developed using information from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 2005.


Signatories to the Kyoto Protocol: June 2005

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For more information regarding the Kyoto Protocol, see http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php.

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This map depicts the countries that have ratified or signed the Kyoto Protocol as of June, 2005. Ratifying countries are indicated in green. Those countries that have signed, but not ratified the Kyoto Protocol are indicated in light brown. Those countries that have neither signed nor ratified the agreement are depicted in grey. The terms of the Kyoto Protocol necessitated ratification by 55 Parties to the Convention, including Annex I Parties accounting for 55 percent of that group's carbon dioxide emissions in 1990, before it could enter into force. This occurred on February 16th, 2005, with ratification of 152 Parties, totaling an Annex I emission percentage of 61.6 percent.
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Citation:
World Resources Institute, 2005
Sources:
  1. UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). 2003, List of Signatories & Ratification of the Convention as of June 2003. Bonn, Germany:UNFCCC.
    Available On-line at: Source Link.