On this day in 1998 US Vice president Al Gore signed the Kyoto Protocol.
The major feature of this protocol is that it sets binding targets on industrialised countries. These developed countries agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to 1990 levels for the period 2008-2012.
A second commitment was entered into under the Protocol to cover 2013-2020. This is known as the Doha Amendment, which was adopted in 2012 in Doha and came into force on ratification on 31 December 2020. This has now been superseded by the Paris Agreement.
Creator God,
as the leaders of many nations and other concerned individuals and groups meet in Egypt for COP 27 we ask that there be a strong awareness of time running out to stop the damage being done to the earth.
We ask that decisive action be taken to protect our fragile home.
Amen
By Fr Pat O'Shea - Lower Hutt
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