To: dead
Under the pact, industrialised nations must cut emissions by an average five percent by 2012 from 1990 levels, but 55 nations producing 55 percent of world carbon dioxide emissions -- the main greenhouse gas -- must ratify the pact to make it binding. I need a little help here...if the US doesn't ratify Kyoto, then how can it be binding on us?
In practical terms, did our refusal to ratify kill this monster regardless of what anyone else does?
To: TontoKowalski
It's probably just binding on those nations that have signed it. This way they can look good having signed it saying "hey we support Kyoto treaty!". Then the 55th signature is applied and they think, "oh crap...we didn't expect it to actually become binding...better get busy implementing..."
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06/05/2002 9:55:27 AM PDT by
xrp
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