Renewable energy sources 10. Position paper of some environmental groups 11. Paul van der Linden and Dr. Brigitte Janssen-Stelder Information from this document can be used provided the source and the author are acknowledged. At the next climate summit in the Hague the climate treaty will be discussed. It has not been fully 'ratified'.
Ratification is when the national governments formally accept the Kyoto Protocol.
Only when the Protocol has been fully 'ratified' will the reduction targets be fully binding. It can be implemented when at least 55 countries ratified the Protocol. This treaty obliges industrial nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which cause climate change. Every stakeholder in the climate change regime may have a different view of an ideal Kyoto Protocol. The business world is keen that the Protocol enhances, rather than impedes, business opportunities.