The Kyoto Treaty

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This paper explains that, by slowing and stopping the upward trend in greenhouse gas emissions, which started in industrialized countries 150 years ago, the Kyoto Treaty hopes to move the world toward preventing dangerous interference with the climate system. The author points out that countries, which have accepted the Kyoto Treaty, have committed themselves to reducing their emissions of six key greenhouse gases by at least 5%. The paper relates that scientists have identified that health, agriculture, water resources, forests, wildlife and coastal areas are vulnerable to the changes, which global warming may bring. Chart.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Atmosphere Changes
Changing Climate

From the Paper:

"The Arctic is warming rapidly, with the loss of polar ice projected to accelerate global warming, according to a four-year scientific study of the region conducted by an international team of 300 scientists. About half the summer sea ice in the Arctic is projected to melt by the end of this century, along with much of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The study also confirms that the warming is human-caused, through heat-trapping emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. The United States is the largest world contributor of those emissions and has yet to enact limits. It is clear that pollution that causes global warming to prevent dangerous changes in the climate must be reduced; however, the United States as not agreed to the Kyoto Treaty."

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