It's Kyoto time... do you know where your country is?

The Kyoto Protocol goes into effect today, 90 days after ratification by the Russian Federation.


photo from MDN

Ninety days was the magic waiting period after "not less than 55 Parties to the Convention, incorporating Annex I Parties which accounted in total for at least 55 % of the total carbon dioxide emissions for 1990 from that group, have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession." Annex I countries include the US, Japan, Russia, Canada, and much of Europe.

Has your favorite Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to the Protocol? Check the list below to see!

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
ARMENIA
AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHAMAS
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELGIUM
BELIZE
BENIN
BHUTAN
BOLIVIA
BOTSWANA
BRAZIL
BULGARIA
BURUNDI
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
CANADA
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ESTONIA
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE
GAMBIA
GEORGIA
GERMANY
GHANA
GREECE
GRENADA
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUYANA
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAMAICA
JAPAN
JORDAN
KIRIBATI
KYRGYZSTAN
LAO DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
LATVIA
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALDIVES
MALI
MALTA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)
MONGOLIA
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NAURU
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NIUE
NORWAY
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PALAU
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
QATAR
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RWANDA
SAINT LUCIA
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
SAMOA
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SUDAN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
THAILAND
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
TOGO
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU
UGANDA
UKRAINE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
URUGUAY
UZBEKISTAN
VANUATU
VIET NAM
YEMEN

141 out of 147... not bad.
Wanna know who the Party poopers are?

AUSTRALIA
CROATIA
KAZAKHSTAN
MONACO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ZAMBIA

The Protocol is still the subject of some controversy, and there are those who even assert that it's a socialist plot to retard the world's leading economies. Economic reasons were among those cited by George Bush - President of the world's leading polluter nation - when he abandoned Kyoto soon after taking office in 2001.

To be fair, Japan looks like it will be struggling to meet its own goals under the agreement.