Enter: Kyoto Protocol. In 1997, the delegates met in Kyoto to work on the Kyoto Protocol - a worldwide framework to reduce carbon emissions. It is interesting to have a look a the timeframe of the conference outcomes: the delegates agreed on a average emission reduction of 5% with respect to the year 1990 during the FIRST period. This period refers to the years 2008-2012.
What the delegations in Copenhagen actually try to agree on - and this is daily emphasized by the developing countries at the conference - as a climate treaty for the SECOND period of the Kyoto Protocol, starting in 2013. The term "Post-Kyoto Era" which can often be seen in the media, is therefore somewhat confusing.
All sorts of NGO, Institutes, Environmental Center and civil society are therefore calling for concrete and ambitious emission reduction targets within the two-sided approach:
i) within the UNFCCC framework, by stating that we should not interfer with our climate system
ii) withing the Kyoto Protocol (KP), by agreeing on concrete emission reduction targets for the second KP period
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