Since our last update in July 2019, 15 countries have ratified the Doha Amendment, bringing the total number of ratifications to 145. The Amendment will formally enter into force within 90 days from 1 October 2020, when the 144th instrument of acceptance was received by the Depositary.

What countries participated in the Doha amendment?

A second commitment period was agreed to in 2012 to extend the agreement to 2020, known as the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, in which 37 countries had binding targets: Australia, the European Union (and its then 28 member states, now 27), Belarus, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, and ...

How does the Doha amendment change the Kyoto Protocol?

The Doha Amendment established a second emission reduction commitment period for 37 countries that runs from 2013 to 2020. The Kyoto Protocol, which took effect in 2005, sets binding emission reduction targets for developed countries and economies in transition.