To counter global warming and put a stop to unrestrained growth in greenhouse gas emissions, many countries around the world signed on to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. The hope was that concrete action to share the burden of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases could stop the climb in average temperatures.
為搶救地球暖化、抑制溫室氣體無限成長，全球各國早在 1997 年就簽訂了「京都議定書」，希望能以具體分攤減量責任的行動，聯手展開降溫戰役。