Kyoto protocol

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an amendment to the United Nations international treaty on global warming in which participating nations commit to reducing their emissions of carbon dioxide, negotiated in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997

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Words nearby Kyoto protocol

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How to use Kyoto protocol in a sentence

The new information consisted of Internet protocol addresses that Comey said are “exclusively used” by North Korea.
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And in a big departure from established royal protocol, Prince George might even get a—gasp—present to open on Christmas Day.
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There were not just one, not two but THREE breaches of protocol last night.
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What should the protocol be for engaging people on the street who offer unsolicited “compliments?”
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“New Jersey is not changing its quarantine protocol,” Christie spokesman Kevin Roberts told reporters in a statement.
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For a month before the Protocol was signed the relations between Spaniards and Americans were verging towards a crisis.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
One of these copies was presented to the Emperor and a second is preserved in the temple, Senyu-ji, Kyoto.
Korean Buddhism|Frederick Starr
Three days later, on May 8, a protocol was signed concerning the Danish succession.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
See the list of members in the protocol of the proceedings first published in the Bulletin de la Socit de l'hist.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
At the end of the day, every Internet protocol is just a sequence of text sent back and forth in a prescribed order.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

Cultural definitions for Kyoto protocol

Kyoto Protocol

[ (kee-oh-toh) ]

An agreement on global warming reached by the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. The major industrial nations pledged to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases between 2008 and 2012. (See greenhouse effect.) Although the American delegation signed the protocol, the United States Senate has refused to ratify the treaty, mainly because it believes that the targeted reductions are so steep that they will produce a severe economic slump.

notes for Kyoto Protocol

Attacking the U.S. position as selfish, European governments have been extremely critical of the U.S. refusal to ratify the protocol.