KYOTO PROTOCOL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE LAUNCH – GLOBAL WARMING
April 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol compliance committee has been launched by the Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat. It will have an 'enforcement' branch, able to "determine consequences" for governments breaching Kyoto commitments. A 'facilitative' branch will help erring signatories with their problems. Action will be sparked by assessments of emissions data, which will be compared with a signatory country's pollution allowance. Sanctions involve countries affectively having these emissions permits reduced, maybe forcing them to buy ...
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