Climate change, like global warming is a burning issue nowadays. Global warming is an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperature due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution. Greenhouse gases like chlorofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide and methane absorb heat from the sun and increase the temperature of the earth. Scientists term global warming a serious issue because it can create problems for mankind in the future.

Global warming affects all kinds of species on the earth. Scientists believe that global warming is caused by many anthropogenic factors such as deforestation, emission of greenhouse gases by industries, burning of fuels etc. This emerging threat compelled the international community and the UN to adopt new rules to protect the earth. One of the rules is Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is an international system of rules which were passed by the UN in 1997 to minimize the global warming by reducing the emission of the greenhouse gases. After many years, this pact came into effect on 16 February 2005.The Kyoto Protocol was signed by 156 countries categorized as Annex 1(developed countries) and Non- Annex 1 (developing countries) parties. The core objective of this pact lies in Article 3 of Kyoto protocol. Article 3 says that every member country should reduce the emission of overall greenhouse gases by 5.2 percent below the 1990 level, in the first commitment period i.e. 2008-2012.    (UNFCCC)

There are three mechanisms to implement Kyoto protocol: (A) Trade in permits to emit greenhouse gases. (B) Joint implementation mechanism. (C) Clean development mechanism. This paper will particularly discuss the negative effects of Clean Development Mechanism projects on developing countries such as India, Venezuela and North America as spurious.

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August 1, 2009.Attack on army check post, three security personals injured.

August 1, 2009.Attack on army convoy in North Waziristan Agency, two soldiers died.

August 3, 2009. Suicide bomber arrested in Dera Ismail Khan.

August 15, 2009 Suicide attack at a check post in Swat, five killed. August 15, 2009. Two girls

Schools destroyed by militants.

August 17, 2009 Pickup blown up in a remote control bomb blast, seven civilians died on the spot.

August 18, 2009. Suicide attack on check post in Miranshah, seven died.

August 21, 2009.Janikhail Fort attacked by militants, 3 security personals injured.

August 26, 2009.Attack on army convoy in South Waziristan, 4 soldiers died including major.

August 27, 2009.Suicide attack in tehsildar’s office at Torkham in Khyber Agency, 18 khasadars

Died .

August 30, 2009.Suicide attack in Mingora kills 16 community policemen.

All these news are the front page headlines of Daily Mashriq of August 2009.One can easily count that in a single month of August 2009, there were three attacks on army, four suicide attacks on law enforcement authorities, one remote control blast, burning of two schools. These incidents happened in only in N.W.F.P.

These are the efforts which Taliban are doing to bring Islamic Revolution in Pakistan. Taliban continued these destructive activities since 2002 when Neik Muhammad provided asylum to foreign militants who left Afghanistan because of control of America on Afghanistan. They reorganized themselves under command of Neik Muhammad and started attacks on U.S forces and her allies including Pakistan. These deeds nothing but defamed Pakistan as a terrorist country. Taliban have not a single good deed on their account ,but destruction of bridges, roads, schools, governmental buildings, remote control bomb blasts, suicide attacks, slaughtering of innocent people and many more such brutal deeds.

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