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The Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Treaty Code:
M2012-04
Treaty Type:
Multilateral
Common Name:
The Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
Responsible Department:
Environment
Administering Department:
Environment
Treaty Status:
Not In Force
Treaty Summary:
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted on 11 December 1997 in response to a decision of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in March 1995, that their original commitments would be insufficient to prevent human induced effects on the global climate. The Kyoto Protocol sets greenhouse emission limitation or reduction targets for "Annex I" countries (developed countries and Economies in Transition) to be achieved in the first commitment period from 2008 to 2012, with a view to reducing their overall emissions of such gases by at least 5 per cent below 1990 levels during this period. It was opened for signature on 16 March 1998, and New Zealand ratified the Protocol on 19 February 2002. It entered into force in February 2005.
Negotiations to establish a second commitment period concluded with the adoption of an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol on 8 December 2012. The second commitment period began on 1 January 2013, immediately after the end of the first commitment period, and will end on 31 December 2020. The amendment includes new targets for Annex I Parties in the third column of Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol, and a number of consequential amendments to the body of the protocol.
NZ Adherence Status:
Not yet in Force
Adherence Type:
Accepted
Signature Date:
Adherence Date:
01/12/2015
Expired:
No
Date Concluded:
07/12/2012
Place Concluded:
Doha, Qatar
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NZ Objections:
No
NZ Reservations:
No
NZ Declarations:
No
NZ Territorial Applications:
None
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