Professional paper
Results of Coming into Force the Kyoto Protocol
Željko Dominis
Abstract
Croatian negotiating team will be mostly concerned with the European Union (EU) in the field of ecology chiefly referred to determination of terms for the complete application of high and expensive ecological standards.
One of the conditions for admission of Croatia to EU is the ratification of Kyoto Protocol, one of the most significant agreements on the environment protection, which finally came into force on 16th of February 2005, after more than seven years from the day of its introduction. The protocol would have begun to be applied not before the ratification of industrial countries responsible for 55% of emission of harmful gases; that condition was fulfilled on 18th of November 2004 by joining the Russian Federation, the country which was responsible for 17% harmful gases, as the biggest world's polluter – USA rejected it in 2001. The Protocol was ratified by 141 nations, of which 34 were industrialized. According to theProtocol, industrial nations are oredered to reduce gas emission by 5% which produce greenhouse effect and because of which the planet in warmed (so called “greenhouse gases“) in the period of 2008 to 2012. Different quotas are determined for every country.
Now, the most important issue related to the event of coming into effect the Kyoto Protocol is: will it help in solving the problem which led up to the global warmer weather or it deals with a project that has failed before its implementation. The author of the article describes in detail and explains the influence and effects of some media (“greenhouse gases“) on producing greenhouse effects and ozone holes in the stratosphere, effort made by the Republic of Croatia to join the EU and implementation of prohibition of their production and usage, and the import and export as well. It also explains why the issue regulations of the Kyoto Protocol are obligatory for the Republic of Croatia, Which was not ratified and why it must be ratified before entering the European Union.
Keywords
Atmosphere pollutants; climate changes; greenhouse effect; greenhouse gases; global warmer weather; ozone layer and ecological balance
Hrčak ID:
8099
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Publication date:
26.10.2006.
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