Kyoto

UN environment agency welcomes Canada’s ratification of Kyoto Protocol

19 December 2002
Canada’s decision to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the five year-old agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, showed “courage and leadership” and recognized the overwhelming scientific and moral arguments for fighting climate change, the head of the United Nations environment agency said today.

Japan ratifies Kyoto treaty on global warming

4 June 2002
The Government of Japan today formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, giving greater momentum to international efforts to reduce global warming.
EU officials after Kyoto protocol ratification ceremony

Annan hails EU ratification of Kyoto treaty on global warming

31 May 2002
As 15 countries of the European Union (EU) and the European Commission today ratified the Kyoto Protocol - a binding international treaty designed to combat global warming - Secretary-General Kofi Annan hailed the move as a welcome development and called on other nations to follow suit.