Title: Has the Kyoto Protocol got a future without the USA?
Abstract: The Kyoto Protocol commits (subject to ratification) 39 advanced industrialised states including the US to cutting emissions of greenhouse gases by an average of 5.2% (based on 1990 levels) by the period 2008–2012. Article 25 of the Protocol provides that ratification will not take place until 55 Parties to the Convention, in turn accounting for 55% of the total 1990 carbon dioxide emissions have individually ratified the treaty. The US has recently resigned from that commitment. Peter Cassidy and Mark Raymont, from international law firm Mason's, consider the future prospects for the implementation of Kyoto, the attempts by the EU to persuade the US to reconsider its position and the potential impact if such attempts fail.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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