There's more chance of Camilla giving birth than President Bush - or his people - cosying up to Islam or backtracking on the
Kyoto treaty.
Ross Gelbspan and I agree about one thing: The
Kyoto Treaty, the international greenhouse gas agreement that took effect in February, will not accomplish much.
The
Kyoto treaty signatories, agreeing to various reductions targets by 2012, are now realizing that these emission reductions cannot be accomplished by simply signing a treaty.
As for confronting global warming, the provisions of the
Kyoto Treaty (which took effect February 16, 2005) aren't adequate to accomplish much--particularly with the United States, the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, refusing to sign on.
When this book was first written, in pre-9/11 2001, the author's point was that the
Kyoto Treaty was not the solution to an international approach to global warming.
I see the great
Kyoto Treaty (KT) has been ratified!
The move from burning oil is helping those countries meet guidelines set forth in the
Kyoto treaty. However, natural gas is not a renewable resource, and North Americans already are seeing the last days of cheap natural gas because U.S.
The
Kyoto treaty adopts a market-based approach that allows organizations to buy and sell emission reduction credits.
The Australian Institute of Engineers found that their members strongly favour ratifying the
Kyoto treaty and introducing emissions trading, favour renewable energy over "sustainable coal", and are dubious about geosequestration.
The
Kyoto treaty required the endorsement of at least 55 industrial nations which together accounted for at least 55 percent of global green-house gas emissions in 1990.
Yet upon taking office, he withdrew American support from the
Kyoto Treaty to regulate carbon dioxide, and he dismissed a report from his own Environmental Protection Agency pointing out carbon dioxide's critical role in global warming.