Total number of ratifications: 96

Total percentage of emissions: 37.4

Equity Watch glosses:
for the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC to become a policy instrument that is legally binding, it must fulfil two conditions:

(1) At least 55 countries, among those who signed the UNFCCC charter in 1992, must also ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

(2) Among all countries ratifying the Protocol, there must be a group of countries that taken together account for 55 per cent of all emissions in 1990.

Note: Condition (1) has been fulfilled. Condition (2) has not, because the big polluters are running away.