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Kyoto Protocol A major concern for environmentalist and politicians is global warming. The warming of the earth’s temperature is created by a worldwide production of vast amounts of carbon dioxide and other compounds that trap the warmth produced by the suns rays beneath a blanket of gasses. Over time, this phenomena known as the greenhouse effect creates a gradual increase in the world’s temperature. These events produce a threat to humanity because it can raise ocean temperatures, which in turn, melt the huge ice blankets that hold most of the world’s water. The result would eliminate most of population that lives in costal areas (Minix,522). The greenhouse effect has triggered worldwide concerns and on December 1997 over 160 countries meet in Kyoto, Japan to negotiate the reduction of these effects. The Kyoto protocol is a five-year plan (2008-2012) that calls for significant adjustments in reductions of CO2 emissions, and energy consumption. The United States who is a major emitter of CO2, decided to not adopt the Kyoto protocol. This report will address the affected parties, their short and long run affects, and their immediate and long-term impacts upon that decision. A number of international efforts have been