Kazakhstan ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on
4 May 1995 and became a party to it in August of that year.
On 12 March 1999, the President of Kazakhstan signed the Kyoto Protocol (KP) to the UNFCCC,
and on 23 March 2000, the Government notified the UN Secretary-General of its intention to meet the
commitments under paragraphs 2 (a) and 2 (c) of the UNFCCC under paragraph 2 (g) of the same
article.
Kazakhstan ratified the Kyoto Protocol (KP) on 26 March 2009. On 17 September 2009, the KP
officially entered into force for Kazakhstan. At the КС-7 in Marrakesh, Morocco, it was agreed that
Kazakhstan, in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 7, of the Kyoto Protocol, was considered as a Party
to Annex I to the UNFCCC for the purposes of the Kyoto Protocol, as it had submitted a notification in
accordance with Article 4, paragraph 2 (g), of the Convention.
On 3 December 2011, Kazakhstan introduced into its Environmental Code two GHG regulatory
mechanisms: quota allocation and carbon trading; Both entered into force on 1 January 2013. The GHG
and Carbon Unit Trading Regulations were adopted