Nations divided over Kyoto Protocol

Nov. 15--TOKYO -- Delegates from around the world are discussing how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after the U.N. climate treaty's Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 at a two-week U.N. conference in Nairobi. China, for example, proposed a review of only the parts concerning industrial nations&...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Kono, Hiroko
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 15.11.2006
Subjects
Climate change
Emission standards
Emissions
Global warming
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Kyoto Protocol
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Summary:Nov. 15--TOKYO -- Delegates from around the world are discussing how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after the U.N. climate treaty's Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 at a two-week U.N. conference in Nairobi. China, for example, proposed a review of only the parts concerning industrial nations' emission targets and their support-- both technical and financial--to developing nations. It argued that the review process must not result in the imposition of new obligations on developing nations. From the developing nations' perspective, however, the industrial nations have a responsibility to set an example by reducing their own emissions first, before blaming developing nations.