The Kyoto Protocol (Japanese: 京都議定書, Hepburn: Kyōto Giteisho) was an international treaty which extended 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 global warming is occurring and that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005. There were 192 parties (Canada withdrew from the protocol, effective December 2012) to the Protocol in 2020.
The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
On May 23, in the year 2002, The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland. This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of May 23, one of 392 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on May 23, 2002 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Historical Events event in recorded history.
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- Wikipedia source last updated on 2 April 2026.
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