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As of April 2008, 178 states have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, aimed at combating global warming.

Signed and ratified

The count on the UNFCCC list includes three extra parties:

Niue and Cook Islands are counted separately. These are self-governing islands, but are not independent from New Zealand.
In addition to its member states, the European Union is counted as a party to the Protocol.

Note: Signing is optional, indicating an intention to ratify the Protocol. Ratification means that an Annex I party (for example a developed country or one with an 'economy in transition') has agreed to cap emissions in accordance with the Protocol. 37 of the 39 Annex I parties have agreed to cap their emissions in this way, two others are required to do so under their conditions of accession into the EU, and one more intends to become an Annex I party.

	Country	UNFCCC	annex	% for ratification	reduction commitment for 2012	Signed	Ratification/Acceptance	Notes
1		member				17 September 1998	17 September 1998
2		member				16 March 1998	3 November 1998
3		member				16 November 1998	16 November 1998
4		member				16 March 1998	30 December 1998
5		member				28 September 1998	11 January 1999
6		member				7 January 1999	28 January 1999
7		member				8 June 1998	5 March 1999
8		member					9 April 1999
9		member					16 June 1999
10		member				17 March 1998	21 June 1999
11		member					28 June 1999
12		member					16 July 1999	-
13		member				25 August 1998	27 August 1999
14		member				10 July 1998	5 October 1999
15		member				20 November 1998	12 October 1999
16		member				7 July 1998	18 November 1999
17		member				29 July 1998	30 November 1999
18		member					10 December 1999
19		member					15 December 1999
20		member				15 January 1999	13 January 2000
21		member				8 June 1998	13 January 2000
22		member				25 February 1999	19 July 2000
23		member					7 August 2000
24		member					16 August 2000
25		member					6 September 2000
26		member					7 September 2000
27		member					7 September 2000
28		member				9 June 1998	7 September 2000
29		member					28 September 2000
30		member				16 March 1998	27 November 2000
31		member				29 July 1998	5 February 2001
32		member	I	1.24%	-8%		23 May 2002	55^th entity (if counting with the Cook Islands and Niue), this fulfills the first condition for coming-into-force
54		member	I, II	0.26%	+1%	I, II	31.68%	-8%	29 April 1998	31 May 2002	All ratifications of the then-EU-members are deposited simultaneously (see 55-70)
55		member	I, II	0.4%	-8% (-13%)	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
59		member	I, II	2.7%	-8% (0%)	-8%	I, II	0.19%	0%		26 August 2005
153		member					16 September 2005
154		member					18 November 2005
155		member					13 January 2006
156		member					27 January 2006
157		member					31 January 2006
158		member					10 February 2006
159		member	I	0.0015%	-8%	29 April 1998	27 February 2006
160		member					12 April 2006
161		member				August 5 1998	July 7 2006
162		member					August 24 2006
163		member					September 25 2006
164		member					November 10 2006
165		member					November 13 2006
166		member					December 12 2006
167		member					February 12 2007
168		member					April 16 2007
169		member					April 23 2007
170		member	I	-	-	none yet	March 12 1999
total countries:		members: 1 observers: 0

Not intending to ratify

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