** The Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period started on 1 January 2008 and ended on 31 December 2012. (unfccc.int)
The Copenhagen meeting, taking place from December 7 through 18, aims to forge an agreement on greenhouse gas emissions limits after the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period expires at the end of 2012. (ens-newswire.com)
• do not want the Kyoto Protocol which commits developed countries to legally binding emission reductions to continue after the end of the first commitment period in 2012 (ifoam.bio)