List of Kyoto Protocol signatories

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List of Kyoto Protocol signatories

As of February 2009, 181 states have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol

The Kyoto Protocol is a Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 3–14 June 1992....
to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992....
, aimed at combating global warming

Global warming

Global warming is the increase in the Instrumental temperature record of the Earth's near-surface air and the oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its projected continuation....
.

count on the UNFCCC list includes three extra parties:

Note: Signing is optional, indicating an intention to ratify

Ratification

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The count on the UNFCCC list includes three extra parties:

Niue and Cook Islands are counted separately. These are self-governing islands, but are not independent from New Zealand.
In addition to its member states, the European Union is counted as a party to the Protocol.

Note: Signing is optional, indicating an intention to ratify

Ratification

Ratification is the act of approving and paying for supplies or services provided to and accepted by the government as a result of an unauthorized commitment....
the Protocol. Ratification means that an Annex I party (e.g. a developed country or one with an 'economy in transition') has agreed to cap emissions in accordance with the Protocol. 37 of the 39 Annex I parties have agreed to cap their emissions in this way, two others are required to do so under their conditions of accession into the EU, and one more intends to become an Annex I party.

	Country	UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992....	annex United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992....	% for ratification	reduction commitment for 2012	Signed	Ratification/Acceptance	Notes
1		member				17 September 1998	17 September 1998
2		member				16 March 1998	3 November 1998
3		member				16 November 1998	16 November 1998
4		member				16 March 1998	30 December 1998
5		member				28 September 1998	11 January 1999
6		member				7 January 1999	28 January 1999
7		member				8 June 1998	5 March 1999
8		member					9 April 1999
9		member					16 June 1999
10		member				17 March 1998	21 June 1999
11		member					28 June 1999
12		member					16 July 1999	-
13		member				25 August 1998	27 August 1999
14		member				10 July 1998	5 October 1999
15		member				20 November 1998	12 October 1999
16		member				7 July 1998	18 November 1999
17		member				9 July 1998	30 November 1999
18		member					10 December 1999
19		member					15 December 1999
20		member				15 January 1999	13 January 2000
21		member				8 June 1998	13 January 2000
22		member				25 February 1999	19 July 2000
23		member					7 August 2000
24		member					16 August 2000
25		member					6 September 2000
26		member					7 September 2000
27		member					7 September 2000
28		member				9 June 1998	7 September 2000
29		member					28 September 2000
30		member				16 March 1998	27 November 2000
31		member				29 July 1998	5 February 2001
32		member	I	1.24%	-8%	5 January 1999	19 March 2001
33		member					9 May 2001
34		member					1 June 2001
35		member					17 July 2001
36		member					20 July 2001
37		member					16 August 2001
38		member				16 March 1998	28 September 2001
39		member					18 October 2001
40		member					22 October 2001
41		member					26 October 2001
42		member	-			17 April 1998	11 November 2001
43		member	I	1.24%	-8%	23 November 1998	15 November 2001
44		member					30 November 2001
45		member					25 January 2002
46		member					12 February 2002
47		member					25 February 2002
48		member					12 March 2002
49		member					25 March 2002
50		member				27 January 1999	28 March 2002
51		member				2 March 1999	28 March 2002
52		member				15 March 1999	30 April 2002
53		member	I, II	0.02%	+10%		23 May 2002	55^th entity (if counting with the Cook Islands Cook Islands The Cook Islands are a self-governing parliamentary democracy in Associated state with New Zealand. The fifteen small islands in this Pacific Ocean country have a total land area of 240 square kilometres , but the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone covers 1.8 million square kilometres of ocean.... and Niue Niue Niue is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia". Natives of the island call it "the Rock".... ), this fulfills the first condition for coming-into-force
54		member	I, II	0.26%	+1%	29 April 1998	30 May 2002
--		member	I, II	31.68%	-8%	29 April 1998	31 May 2002	All ratifications of the then-EU-members are deposited simultaneously (see 55-70)
55		member	I, II	0.4%	-8% (-13%)	24 September 1998	31 May 2002
56		member	I, II	0.8%	-8% (-7.5%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
57		member	I, II	0.4%	-8% (-21%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002	: not applied
58		member	I, II	0.4%	-8% (0%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
59		member	I, II	2.7%	-8% (0%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002	, , , : applied , , , , , : not applied
60		member	I, II	7.4%	-8% (-21%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
61		member	I, II	0.6%	-8% (+25%),	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
62		member	I, II	0.2%	-8% (+13%),	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
63		member	I, II	3.1%	-8% (-6.5%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
64		member	I, II	0.1%	-8% (-28%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
65		member	I, II	1.2%	-8% (-6%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002	: not applied
66		member	I, II	0.3%	-8% (+27%),	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
67		member	I, II	1.9%	-8% (+15%),	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
68		member	I, II	0.4%	-8% (+4%),	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
69		member	I, II	4.3%	-8% (-12.5%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
70		member	I	0.42%	-8%	26 February 1998	31 May 2002
71		member	I, II	8.55%	-6%	28 April 1998	4 June 2002
72		member	I	0.17%	-8%	14 December 1998	5 July 2002
73		member				20 March 1998	22 July 2002
74		member					31 July 2002
75		member	I	-	-8%	21 October 1998	2 August 2002
76		member					6 August 2002
77		member				27 April 1998	9 August 2002
78		member	I	0.6%	-8%	18 September 1998	15 August 2002
79		member	I	0.52%	-6%		21 August 2002
80		member					22 August 2002
81		member				29 April 1998	23 August 2002
82		member					26 August 2002
83		member				17 June 1998	26 August 2002
84		member					26 August 2002
85		member					26 August 2002
86		member					28 August 2002
87		member				2 February 1999	28 August 2002
88		member				29 May 1998	30 August 2002	: not applied
89		member					3 September 2002
90		member				12 March 1999	4 September 2002
91		member				13 November 1998	12 September 2002
92		member				3 December 1998	25 September 2002
93		member	I	0.28%	-8%	3 December 1998	14 October 2002
94		member					5 November 2002
95		member				25 September 1998	8 November 2002
96		member	I	3.02%	-6%	15 July 1998	13 December 2002
97		member	I, II	3.33%	-6%	29 April 1998	17 December 2002	After finding oil Canada backed out of the treaty.
98		member	I, II	0.19%	0%	22 May 1998	19 December 2002	: signed 16 September 1998, ratified 27 August 2001 : not applied
99		member	I	-	-8%	21 September 1998	3 January 2003
100		member					17 January 2003
101		member					22 January 2003
102		member					6 February 2003
103		member				29 September 1998	13 March 2003
104		member					22 April 2003
105		member					25 April 2003
106		member					13 May 2003
107		member					30 May 2003
108		member	I, II	0.32%	-8%	16 March 1998	9 July 2003
109		member					5 August 2003
110		member					8 August 2003
111		member				17 March 1998	11 August 2003
112		member					13 August 2003
113		member				16 March 1998	20 August 2003
114		member					4 September 2003
115		member					24 September 2003
116		member					26 September 2003
117		member				15 April 1998	20 November 2003
118		member				16 December 1998	15 March 2004
119		member	I	-	0%	15 March 1999	12 April 2004
120		member					2 July 2004
121		member					22 July 2004
122		member					15 September 2004
123		member				23 October 1998	30 September 2004
124		member					2 November 2004
125		member	I	17.4%	0%	11 March 1999	18 November 2004	With Russia's ratification the "55 percent of 1990 carbon dioxide emissions of the Parties included in Annex I" clause was satisfied and the treaty brought into force, effective 16 February 2005.
126		member					18 November 2004
127		member				13 July 1998	3 December 2004
128		member	I	0.0015%	-8%	29 June 1998	3 December 2004
129		member					10 December 2004
130		member				19 March 1998	31 December 2004
131		member					11 January 2005
132		member					11 January 2005
133		member				15 March 1999	12 January 2005
134		member					18 January 2005
135		member					19 January 2005
136		member					25 January 2005
137		member					26 January 2005
138		member					31 January 2005
139		member					16 February 2005
140		member					18 February 2005
141		member					25 February 2005
142		member					11 March 2005
143		member					23 March 2005
144		member					31 March 2005
145		member					1 April 2005
146		member					14 April 2005
147		member					27 April 2005
148		member					6 July 2005
149		member					22 July 2005
150		member					28 July 2005
151		member					22 August 2005
152		member	I	-	none yet		26 August 2005
153		member					16 September 2005
154		member					18 November 2005
155		member					13 January 2006
156		member					27 January 2006
157		member					31 January 2006
158		member					10 February 2006
159		member	I	0.0015%	-8%	29 April 1998	27 February 2006
160		member					12 April 2006
161		member				August 5 1998	July 7 2006
162		member					August 24 2006
163		member					September 25 2006
164		member					November 10 2006
165		member					November 13 2006
166		member					December 12 2006
167		member					February 12 2007
168		member					April 16 2007
169		member					April 23 2007
170		member	I	-	-5%	March 11 1999	April 27 2007
171		member					May 8 2007
172		member					June 4 2007
173		member					September 24 2007
174		member	I, II	2.1%	+8%	April 29 1998	December 3 2007
175		member					January 14 2008
176		member					March 18 2008
177		member					April 8 2008
178		member					April 10 2008
179		member					July 24 2008
180		member					October 14 2008
181		member					January 5 2009
182		member	I, -	-	none yet	June 4 2008	February 5 2009
183		member		-	none yet	March 12 1999	February 26 2009
total countries: 183		members: 183 observers: 0	I: 39 II: 21	32	-%: 31 (24) 0%: 3 (5) +%: 2 (7)

Signed but not intending to ratify

Country	UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992....	annex United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992....	% for ratification	reduction target 2008/12	Signed	Ratification/Acceptance	Notes
>	member	I, II	36.1%	-7%	November 12, 1998		Federal government has not ratified Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol is a Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 3–14 June 1992....
total countries:	members: 1 observers: 0	I: 1 II: 1	1	-%: 1 0%: 0 +%: 0

No position expressed yet

(Observers were not asked to sign)

Entity	UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992....	annex United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992....	% for ratification	reduction target 2008/12	Signed	Ratification/Acceptance	Notes
2	observer
3	member
4	member
5	observer
6
7
8	member
9	observer
10
12	observer
13	member
total entities: 13	members: 6 observers: 4 none: 3	I: 0 II: 0