12 May 2015
Update on Doha Amendment Ratification
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Since the month of February, the UNFCCC Secretariat has reported that Ecuador, Grenada, Liechtenstein, the Marshall Islands, Namibia, Palau and South Africa have accepted the Doha Amendment, which formalizes commitments for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2013-2020).

These announcements bring the total number of parties that have deposited their instruments of acceptance to 30.

UNFCCC8 May 2015: Since the month of February, the UNFCCC Secretariat has reported that Ecuador, Grenada, Liechtenstein, the Marshall Islands, Namibia, Palau and South Africa have accepted the Doha Amendment, which formalizes commitments for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2013-2020). These announcements bring the total number of parties that have deposited their instruments of acceptance to 30.

The Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol was adopted by decision 1/CMP.8 at the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 8), which took place in Doha, Qatar, from 26 November to 8 December 2012. Ecuador deposited its instrument of acceptance to the Depositary on 20 April 2014; Grenada, on 1 April 2015; Liechtenstein, on 23 February 2015; the Marshall Islands, on 8 May 2015; Namibia, on 17 February 2015; Palau, on 10 March 2015; and South Africa, on 8 May 2015.

The UN is encouraging governments to ratify the amendment as soon as possible. In August 2014, the UNFCCC Secretariat wrote to governments asking for an update on preparations for ratification. The amendment will enter into force when 144 or three-quarters of parties to the Protocol have submitted instruments of acceptance. [UNFCCC Press Release on South Africa and the Marshall Islands] [UNFCCC Press Release on Ecuador] [UNFCCC Press Release on Grenada] [UNFCCC Press Release on Liechtenstein] [UNFCCC Press Release on Namibia] [UNFCCC Press Release on Palau] [UNFCCC Notification] [Status of Doha Amendment]

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