On 8 December 2012, at its eighth session, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, adopted the Doha Amendment, establishing a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, starting on 1 January 2013 and ending on 31 December 2020 (the ‘Doha Amendment’).
An 8 Nollaig 2012, ag a hochtú seisiún, rinne Comhdháil na bPáirtithe i gCreat-Choinbhinsiún na Náisiún Aontaithe ar an Athrú Aeráide (UNFCCC), ag feidhmiú mar chruinniú na bPáirtithe i bPrótacal Kyoto, Leasú Doha a ghlacadh, leasú lenar bunaíodh dara tréimhse gealltanais de Phrótacal Kyoto, ar cuireadh tús léi an 1 Eanáir 2013 agus a rachaidh in éag an 31 Nollaig 2020 (“Leasú Doha”).