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the Kyoto protocol
noun
ENVIRONMENTukus(alsothe Kyoto agreement)
an agreement made in 1997 among a large number of countries to limit carbon emissions (= carbon dioxide that planes, cars, factories, etc. produce) and reduce the effects of climate change:
His opposition to the Kyoto protocol comes from the state's economic dependence on the coal industry.
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