How Should Canada's Withdrawal From The Kyoto Protocol

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On average, the temperature on the Earth’s surface has increased at 0.6°C over the last two centuries (greenfacts). Statistics show that in 2100 the Arctic temperatures as high as 7°C above pre-industrial levels (greenfacts). Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century (NASA). Climate change is probably the most urgent problem facing our society today. Canada, as an active member of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has played an effective role in dealing with global warming to reduce the rate of climate change. Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol and joining UNFCCC, the Paris climate agreement, and helping Canadians adapt to climate change.

Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol and joining the UNFCCC. Canada is formally withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol. Many people were …show more content…

The Kyoto Protocol was an international agreement on climate change. It was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on December 11,1997. Kyoto Protocol is designed to help countries adapting to the harmful effects of climate change. Under the Protocol, countries must be monitored on their emission use. Germany keeps an international transaction log to make sure that transaction are logical with the rules of the Protocol. The decision was to save the government an estimated $14 billion in penalties. Environment minister Peter Kent argued that the Kyoto Protocol does not cover the world’s largest two emitters, the United States and China and that is why the Kyoto Protocol would not work. Withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol and joining the UNFCCC was a big move by Canada. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the key international forum for global efforts to address the challenges posed by climate change. Canada Joined the UNFCCC in 1992 along with other nations. The agreement came into force in 1994 and now has near universal membership with 194 other countries.

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