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Kyoto Protocol 
The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the international Framework Convention on Climate Change with the objective of reducing greenhouse gases that cause climate change.
It was agreed on 11 December 1997 at the 3rd Conference of the Parties to the treaty when they met in Kyoto, and entered into force on 16 February 2005. As of November 2007, 175 parties have ratified the protocol. Of these, 36 developed countries (plus the EU as a party in its own right) are required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the levels specified for each of them in the treaty (representing over 61.6% of emissions from Annex I countries), [1][2] with three more countries intending to participate.[3] One hundred and thirty-seven (137) developing countries have ratified the protocol, including Brazil, China and India, but have no obligation beyond monitoring and reporting emissions. The United States has not ratified the treaty. Among various experts, scientists, and critics, there is debate about the usefulness of the protocol, and there have been cost-benefit studies performed on its usefulness.
Πηγή: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol
A: Match the vocabulary words on the left with the definitions on the right.
| 1. Accord | the fact of having or emitting moderate heat. |
| 2. Come into force | intention; purpose. |
| 3. Warming | to reach a mutual understanding. |
| 4. Agree | come into effect/ entrar en vigor |
| 5. Restrain | an agreement between or among nations. |
| 6. Aim | the act of attributing fault, guilt, or responsibility. |
| 7. Blame | to limit or obstruct the activity, growth, or progress of. |
B:Match the words in the first column to the words in the second column
| came together | 1) the planet |
| Global | 2) Warming |
| Kyoto | 3) force |
| came into | 4) gas emissions |
| saving | 5) effect |
| to reduce | 6) Revolution |
| rises | 7) warms up |
| Industrial | 8) in the ocean and air temperatures |
| the climate | 9) carbon dioxide and methane |
| Greenhouse | 10) in Kyoto |
| natural | 11) Protocol |
| warming | 12) the Earth |
| gases | 13) process |
C: Writing: in pairs write a letter to the president of your country expressing your concern about the problem of the climate change.
Answer Key:
Exersise A:1-e, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c , 5-h, 6-b, 7-f.
ExersiseB:
| came together in Kyoto |
| Global Warming |
| Kyoto Protocol |
| came into force |
| saving the planet |
| to reduce gas emissions |
| rises the ocean and air temperatures |
| Industrial revolution |
| the climate warms up |
| Greenhouse effect |
| natural process |
| warming the Earth |
| gases carbon dioxide and methane |
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