Kyoto 2.0 Set To Fall At The First Hurdle
Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Ross in Asia, Climate Change, Europe, Government Policy, North America, South America
With eight months to go before representatives from 170 countries attempt to agree on a follow-up to the Kyoto Climate Protocol at the Copenhagen Climate Convention, the early indications are that insurmountable differences between key players will prevent any dramatic new action to curb global carbon dioxide emissions.
Whilst much has already been made of the verbal environmental sparring between the US and China regarding greenhouse gas emission targets, cap-and-trade schemes and carbon import tariffs, India has now made its own stance crystal clear on the subject of carbon restrictions. An anonymous Indian climate change negotiator told the Washington Post that India will not support binding limits on its carbon dioxide emissions as part of a new global climate change treaty, saying that
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