Question: when did canada withdraw from the kyoto protocol
Answer: In December 2011 , Ministry of the Environment ( Canada ) Peter Kent announced Canada 's withdrawal from the Kyoto Accord one day after negotiators from nearly 200 countries meeting in Durban , South Africa at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference ( November 28 -- December 11 ) , completed a marathon of climate talks to establish a new treaty to limit carbon emissions.