KYOTO PROTOCOL TO THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The Parties to this Protocol, Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as Òthe ConventionÓ, In pursuit of the ultimate
objective of the Convention as stated in its Article 2, Recalling the provisions of the
Convention, Being guided by Article 3 of the Convention, Pursuant to the Berlin Mandate
adopted by decision 1/CP.1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its first
session, Have agreed as follows:
Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. Models referenced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predict that global temperatures are likely to increase by 1.1° to 6.4 °C (2.0° to 11.5 °F) between 1990 and 2100.[1] The uncertainty in this range results from two factors: differing future greenhouse gas emission scenarios, and uncertainties regarding climate sensitivity.