Editing Kyoto Protocol (section)

== Chronology ==
{{See also|History of climate change policy and politics|United Nations Climate Change Conference}}

'''1992''' – The UN Conference on the Environment and Development is held in Rio de Janeiro. It results in the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC) among other agreements.

'''1995''' – Parties to the UNFCCC meet in Berlin (the 1st Conference of Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC) to outline specific targets on emissions.

'''1997''' – In December the parties conclude the Kyoto Protocol in Kyoto, Japan, in which they agree to the broad outlines of emissions targets.

'''2004''' – Russia and Canada ratify the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC bringing the treaty into effect on 16 February 2005.

'''2011''' – Canada became the first signatory to announce its withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ec.gc.ca/Publications/default.asp?lang=En&n=EE4F06AE-1&xml=EE4F06AE-13EF-453B-B633-FCB3BAECEB4F&offset=3&toc=show|title=A Climate Change Plan for the Purposes of the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act 2012: Canada's Withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol|date=11 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211142508/http://www.ec.gc.ca/Publications/default.asp?lang=En&n=EE4F06AE-1&xml=EE4F06AE-13EF-453B-B633-FCB3BAECEB4F&offset=3&toc=show|archive-date=11 February 2015|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>

'''2012''' – On 31 December 2012, the first commitment period under the Protocol expired.

The official meeting of all states party to the Kyoto Protocol is the annual [[United Nations Climate Change Conference|Conference of the Parties (COP)]] to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The first conference was held in 1995 in Berlin ([[COP 1 (climate conference)|COP 1]]). The first Meeting of Parties of the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) was held in 2005 in conjunction with [[COP 11]].