TABLE OF CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; CHAPTER II:THEORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 2.1 MEANING OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 2.2 SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 2.3 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 2.4 THE HISTORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 2.5 CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY -A UNIQUE POLICY PROBLEM GLOBALLY; CHAPTER III: KYOTO PROTOCOL: EVOLUTION, CONTENT AND ANALYSIS; 3.1 BACKGROUND AND CONTENT OF KYOTO PROTOCOL; 3.2 HISTORY OF KYOTO'S IMPLEMENTATION; 3.3 GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND PROVISIONS OF KYOTO PROTOCOL; 3.4 SIGNIFICANT PROVISIONS OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL; CHAPTER IV: CURRENT STATE OF KYOTO PROTOCOL AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL; 4.1 CURRENT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 4.2 CURRENT POSITION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL; 4.3 EFFECT OF KYOTO PROTOCOL; CHAPTER V: KYOTO'S POSITION IN INDIA; 5.2 POSITION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL; 5.3 LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY INITIATIVES; 5.4 POLICY AND SECTORAL INITIATIVES; CHAPTER VI: POSITION OF USA; 6.1 EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON USA; 6.2 POSITION ON CONVENTION AND KYOTO PROTOCOL; 6.3 THE UNITED STATES' CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY; 6.4 LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY INITIATIVES; CHAPTER VII: FINDINGS OF THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CHAPTER VIII: CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ANNE XU RES; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; APPENDIX III