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The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
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Kyoto Protocol
1997 international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The Kyoto Protocol (Japanese: 京都議定書, Hepburn: Kyōto Giteisho) was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ratification
Process of putting into effect a documentation in international law
Ratification is a principal's legal confirmation of an act of its agent. In international law, ratification is the process by which a state declares its consent to be bound to a treaty. In the case of bilateral treaties, ratification is usually accomplished by exchanging the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)