Kyoto Protocol News
The objective of the Paris Agreement is to prevent an increase in global average temperature and keep it well below two degree Celsius.
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.
India on Wednesday asked the developed countries to ratify the Doha amendments to the Kyoto Protocol by April next year and not to put in "cold storage" the ambition of climate actions in the pre-2020 period.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed India formally joining the Paris climate change agreement.
As the Paris summit opens, 183 countries have submitted pledges for greenhouse gas (GHG) curbs to the UN.
China will not improve on its pledges to control emissions, the country's top climate negotiator said on Thursday ahead of key UN climate change talks in Paris.
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