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Kyoto Protocol  

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  • The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by establishing reduction targets for participating nations. It is an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and was signed in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Kyoto Protocol]

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  • Kyoto Accords

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