<P> The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which extends 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 ( part one ) global warming is occurring and ( part two ) it is extremely likely that human - made CO emissions have predominantly caused it . The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto , Japan on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005 . There are currently 192 parties ( Canada withdrew effective December 2012 ) to the Protocol . </P>
<P> The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which extends 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 ( part one ) global warming is occurring and ( part two ) it is extremely likely that human - made CO emissions have predominantly caused it . The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto , Japan on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005 . There are currently 192 parties ( Canada withdrew effective December 2012 ) to the Protocol . </P>
when did the kyoto protocol came into force
when did the kyoto protocol came into force
16 February 2005
16 February 2005