Croatia has signed the protocol back in 1999 but it did not ratify it until getting a green light for a higher limit of annual carbon dioxide emissions which was granted last year.

Under its Kyoto Protocol commitments Croatia should not emit more than 34.62 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

To fulfill its commitments the Balkan country is planning to make several steps such as building of wind farms and facilities using biomass, increasing the use of biofuel and solar energy.

The Kyoto Protocol commits industrialised countries that have signed and ratified it to make cuts amounting to around five percent in their emissions.

The United States has refused to ratify it. Under its present format, fast-growing developing countries such as China and India, which have recently become big polluters, do not have to make binding cuts.

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