what is the kyoto protocol 
the kyoto protocol is an international agreement to reduce carbon dioxide co2 emissions and greenhouse gases ghg in the atmosphere the essential tenet of the kyoto protocol is that industrialized nations need to lessen the amount of their co2 emissions the protocol was adopted in kyoto japan in 1997 when greenhouse gases were rapidly threatening our climate life on earth and the planet itself the bottom linerenewable resources include the sun the wind water earth s heat geothermal and biomass renewable resources are natural resources that replenish themselves or exist on a continual basis in recent years they have been of special interest for the vital role they can play in the production of energy they re also seen as having less of a negative impact on the environment of course renewable resources were used for thousands of years before non renewable resources such as coal and oil began to be used extensively in the late 19th century due to the finite nature of coal and oil plus the threat from climate change the world community is focused on the greater use of renewable resources to meet energy needs 