Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol

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The Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol is an international climate agreement that extends and strengthens countries’ legally binding greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments for a second commitment period under the UN climate regime.

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Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol canonical 2
Doha Amendment 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international climate agreement
treaty amendment
adoptedAt Doha
surface form: Doha, Qatar
adoptedAtConference CMP8
COP18
adoptedBy Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
surface form: Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
adoptedInContextOf United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
adoptedUnderArticle Kyoto Protocol
surface form: Article 20 of the Kyoto Protocol

Article 21 of the Kyoto Protocol
adoptionDate 2012-12-08
aimsTo reduce greenhouse gas emissions
strengthen legally binding emission reduction commitments
appliesTo second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol
category climate change treaty
environmental treaty
cityOfAdoption Doha
commitmentPeriodEndDate 2020-12-31
commitmentPeriodStartDate 2013-01-01
countryOfAdoption Qatar
defines quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments for Annex I Parties
entersIntoForceUpon deposit of required number of instruments of acceptance
establishes second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol
follows first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol
framework UN climate regime
geographicalScope global
includes revised emission reduction commitments for certain industrialized countries
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalNature legally binding for Parties that accept it
modifies Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol
namedAfter Doha
negotiationProcess UNFCCC negotiations
objective bridge the gap between the first Kyoto commitment period and the post-2020 climate regime
partOf Kyoto Protocol
policyArea international climate policy
sustainable development
requires ratification, acceptance, approval or accession by Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
subjectMatter climate change mitigation
greenhouse gas emission reductions
international environmental law
targets Annex I Parties
surface form: Annex I Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
typeOfCommitments quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives
underAuspicesOf UNFCCC Secretariat
United Nations

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change relatedInstrument Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol secondCommitmentPeriodInstrument Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
this entity surface form: Doha Amendment
Annex I Parties usedIn Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol