Australia's Commitments Endnotes Key Terms Agreed in the Kyoto Protocol At Kyoto, developed countries agreed to a collective target of a 5.2 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by between 2008 and 2012. Allowance for aggregate targets of country groups was agreed to, provided that the operation is transparent. Credit for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from land clearing changes or the creation of greenhouse sinks was allowed for in the Kyoto Protocol. Six greenhouse gases are covered in the Kyoto Protocol.
Issues associated with non-compliance remain to be resolved.
No emission reduction goals were agreed to for developing countries. Measures were agreed as to how developed countries can obtain credit for assistance to developing countries. Australia agreed to limit itself to an 8 per cent increase in greenhouse gas emissions above the 1990 level by 2008 to 2012. Signatory nations adopted the Protocol on 10 December 1997. COP3 represented the culmination of more than two years of negotiations under the Berlin Mandate, including the final ten days in Kyoto.