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LOW CARBON ECONOMY CONTENTS Background Information Low Carbon Economyin US Low Carbon Economyin UK Low Carbon Economyin China Conclusion KYOTO Protocol More than 140 countries across the world, marked one of the first and the largest international treaties in in response to increasing global warming. This treaties were signed in Kyoto, JAPAN. A Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), aimed at fighting global warming. Additional means of meeting targets through three market based mechanism : - Emissions trading – known as “the carbon market” - Joint implementations (JI) and - Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) KYOTO Protocol Parties to UNFCCC are classified as : - Annex 1 countries – industrialized countries and economies in transition - Annex 2 countries – developed countries which pay for costs for developing countries - Developing countries like India KYOTO Protocol KYOTO Protocol The main goal, among others, of the Kyoto Protocol was to create a legally binding document that would commit industrialized countries to lowering carbon emission by 5.2% below 1990 levels. American leaders have continually stated that the Kyoto Protocol could harm the American economy, cost American jobs, and decrease productivity by up to ten percent by 2010, hence they refuse to ratify the treaty. By not participation in the treaty, the US is denying responsibility for a problem they helped to create, weakening their ties to other countries that have ratified the treaty, and ultimately causing itself more harm than good. CARBON TRADING Carbon emission trading is a form of emissions trading that specifically targets carbon dioxide and it currently constitutes the bulk of emissions trading. This form of permit trading is a common method countries utilize in order to meet their obligations specified by the Kyoto Protocol ; namely the redu