The significance of the Kyoto Protocol is explained below:

● The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement setting targets for industrialized countries to cut down their Greenhouse gas emissions.

● Some gases like carbon dioxide, methane and hydrofluorocarbons are partly responsible for Global Warming.

● Global warming refers to a slow and steady increase in the Earth's temperature which may lead to catastrophic consequences for life on earth.

● This protocol was agreed to in 1997 in Kyoto in Japan

● It was based on the principles set out in UNFCCC.

● It helped to clear out the confusion regarding the concerns of the global north and global south.

Yes, India is a signatory to this protocol.

● It was acknowledged that the per capita emission in developing countries was relatively low as compared to the developed countries.

● The developing countries like China and India with exempted from the requirement of the Kyoto Protocol

● However, the critics of this protocol argued that these developing countries will be among the leading contributors to the greenhouse gas emissions