Today, on February 16, the Kyoto Protocol...
were even proud of this for some time until we sobered up.The entire history of the Kyoto Protocol demonstrates a huge gap between its legal and practical aspects. By the end of 2009 it had been ratified by 181 countries. Under the protocol the European Union was supposed to reduce its CO2 emissions by 8% by 2012 (point of departure was the year 1990), Japan and Canada by 6%, while Russia and Ukraine were to maintain their emissions at the 1990 levels. The United States signed the protocol but refused to abide by it. Neither China nor India signed up to any obligations to reduce their CO2, methane or other emissions. Although Europe observed it, the protocol failed to impose global control over harmful industrial emissions into the atmosphere.
The most deplorable fact is that the gap between the letter of the protocol and its reality is widening. This became clear at the recent climate conference in Copenhagen (December 7-18, 2009) where its participants attempted
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