KYOTO
July 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLBROAD political agreement on the operation of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change has been achieved in Bonn, Germany by 186 participating nations, but without the participation of the US.Original targets were scaled down to ensure the participation of Japan, Canada and Australia in the deal, who secured concessions on so-called carbon sinks; they can now gain credits to emit more gases through re-vegetation and effective management of forests and farmland.Environmentalists cautiously welcomed the deal, with the Worldwide Fund for Nature claiming ...
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