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Decree No. 2009/14979 of the Council of Ministers on ratifying the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Country/Territory
Türkiye
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette No. 27227, 13 May 2009.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Climate change Emissions Precautionary principle
Geographical area
Asia, Black Sea, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia
Abstract

By this Decree the Republic of Turkey hereby approves the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This Protocol consists of 28 articles and the text of the Protocol in its original Turkish translation. The Kyoto Protocol implements the objective of the UNFCCC to fight global warming by reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.

Full text
Turkish
Website
www.resmigazete.gov.tr