Kyoto Protocol
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10 Questions for Kofi AnnanHas the Kyoto Protocol been effective in fighting climate change? It has been effective in the sense that it has helped raise awareness. Obviously, we cannot pretend that we have achieved everything the Kyoto agreement had in mind, but... In this article: Climate change, Kofi Annan, Kyoto Protocol, Barack Obama, Kyoto, Copenhagen, and U.S. |
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Times of India | 2 days ago
Little hope for Copenhagen climate talks
...and the Netherlands -- demanded that the political statement be the sole basis for reaching a "single legal instrument". This meant that the Kyoto Protocol, already on the backburner, would be jettisoned altogether -- a position that's not...
In this article: Copenhagen, Climate change, India, US, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, EU, Japan, Jairam Ramesh, and UN
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AP Online | 3 days ago
UN: Fight climate change with free condoms
...of disaster," she said. In three weeks, a global conference will be held in Copenhagen aimed at reaching a deal to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which required 37 industrial countries to cut heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions. On...
In this article: Climate change, United Nations, Global warming, London, International Policy Network, and World Health Organization
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US-China climate statement raises hopes, questions
"The real test still at Copenhagen." Three weeks remain before the global conference that aims for a deal to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which required 37 industrial countries to cut heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions. The...
In this article: Copenhagen, Hu Jintao, Barack Obama, Climate change, Timothy Wirth, U.S., China, and United Nations Foundation
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Obama: Rally the world for climate deal next month
...economies, slow deforestation and take emergency steps against the effects of climate change. The agreement is meant to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which required 37 industrial countries to cut emissions an average 5 percent below...
In this article: Copenhagen, United States, Climate change, Hu Jintao, and Carbon
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SKorea sets greenhouse gas reduction target
...pact at next month's U.N. conference in Copenhagen. South Korea is not among countries that must cut emissions under the existing Kyoto Protocol, and Tuesday's voluntary target-setting could put pressure on developed nations to act more...
In this article: South Korea, Copenhagen, Lee Myung-bak, Global warming, U.N., Kyoto, Seoul, and Fossil fuel
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Summit urged to set climate accord deadline
...of clear decisions" in order to have a treaty within six months after the conference ends. It would be designed to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. Meanwhile, Germany announced on Monday that Chancellor Angela...
In this article: Angela Merkel, Copenhagen, Climate change, Yvo de Boer, U.N., and Germany
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Reuters | 7 days ago
Kyoto principles crucial in climate talks: China
"Kyoto principles" crucial in climate talks: China BEIJING (Reuters) - China will insist the main principles of the Kyoto Protocol are retained in any new global climate change pact, even though others are seeking to abandon them, a...
In this article: China, Thomson Reuters, Kyoto, Climate change, Copenhagen, United States, All rights reserved, and Competitive advantage
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washingtonpost.com | 7 days ago
The Senate hasn't voted on the Kyoto Protocol
...a common error by stating in your Nov. 8 lead editorial, "Small steps on climate change," that the Senate "refused to ratify" the Kyoto Protocol, which set targets for greenhouse gas emissions. Nobody asked it to. Before the protocol was...
In this article: United States, Climate change, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Bill Clinton
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Clinton: No binding climate deal at Denmark talks
...the Copenhagen conference, which follows two years of tough U.N.-led negotiations to draft a climate change agreement to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. They include British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French...
In this article: Hillary Rodham Clinton, European Union, Climate change, Copenhagen, U.N., United States, Manila, and Singapore
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The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), an international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." The Kyoto Protocol establishes legally binding commitment for the reduction of four greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulphur hexafluoride), and two groups of gases (hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons) produced by "annex I" (industrialized) nations, as well as general commitments for all member countries. , 183 parties have ratified the protocol, which was initially adopted for use on 11 December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan and which entered into force on 16 February 2005. Under the Kyoto Protocol, industrialized countries agreed to reduce their collective green house gas (GHG) emissions by 5.2% from the level in 1990. National limitations range from the reduction of 8% for the European Union and others to 7% for the United States, 6% for Japan, and 0% for Russia. The treaty permitted the emission increases of 8% for Australia and 10% for Iceland.
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