Explain the goal of the Kyoto protocol. How does the protocol plan to achieve that goal?

The Kyoto protocol was an international agreement between industrialized countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions 5% below their 1990 levels.

As a global response to climate change, industrialized countries had agreed upon reducing their gas emissions and switching from fossil fuel based systems to more eco-friendly fuels. Less developed countries were excempt due to the technology and high cost of the switch.