Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Global warming treaty set to take effect
"NEW YORK -- After seven politically painful years, the Kyoto Protocol finally enters into force on Wednesday, : reining in industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other 'greenhouse gases' in a first attempt to control climate change.
The global pact negotiated in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, remains a small step, potentially eliminating only one-tenth of a projected 30 percent rise in worldwide emissions between 1990 and 2010. Its supporters already are looking beyond it, toward bigger steps once the agreement expires in 2012.
Progress will be limited without the United States, however. The world's biggest emitter rejects the Kyoto pact"
The global pact negotiated in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, remains a small step, potentially eliminating only one-tenth of a projected 30 percent rise in worldwide emissions between 1990 and 2010. Its supporters already are looking beyond it, toward bigger steps once the agreement expires in 2012.
Progress will be limited without the United States, however. The world's biggest emitter rejects the Kyoto pact"
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