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The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at the Conference of the Parties in Kyoto, Japan.

An agreement to limit the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

Signed by representatives of more than 150 nations.

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Buenos Aires Plan of Action, a two-year plan to lower the risk of global climate change, was adopted by 170 governments following a two-week meeting that ended on the 14th.

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One year after being open for signatures, the Kyoto Protocol had received 84 signatures.

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The Kyoto Protocol goes into force.

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The Doha Amendment was adopted for a second commitment period.

The conclusion of the Protocol's first commitment period, to approve a modification to the initial Kyoto agreement.

New emission-reduction targets were added for participating countries during the second commitment period.

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192 countries have joined and signed the Kyoto Protocol.

Afghanistan is the 192nd signatory and the last country of the Kyoto Protocol.

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196 parties approved the Paris Agreement

An international agreement on climate change that is legally binding is the Paris Agreement.

At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, it was adopted by 196 Parties.

It became operative on November 4, 2016.

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The Paris Agreement went into effect.

Adopted on December 12, 2015

Went into effect on November 4, 2016

The 1997 Kyoto Protocol is still in effect

The main piece of legislation guiding the world's response to climate change.

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The Doha Amendment was formally adopted after it was accepted by 147 parties and satisfied the minimal threshold of acceptance requirement.