Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Kyoto Protocol Emissions Cuts

  • BONN May 14 (Reuters Point Carbon) - A dispute over the length of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol has threatened period to coincide with its domestic target to cut emissions 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
  • (Reuters India)
  • EU environment ministers on March 12 opted for an eight-year second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol that ends in 2020 the low-lying nations are seeking deeper emissions cuts to contain temperature gains and sea-level rises.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • Under the original settlement reached in 1992 at the Rio Earth summit, and formalised in the 1997 Kyoto protocol, some rapidly emerging economies such as China were left out of the roster of obligations to curb emissions.
  • (The Guardian)
  • This has resulted in many global initiatives taking shape, in order to urge nations to cut down on their carbon emission levels (see Clean Energy ETFs In Focus). In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted by a host of participating countries.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • In Bonn, governments will work towards amending the Kyoto Protocol in Doha later this year so and the closure of all accounting loopholes to ensure genuine emission reductions, not merely cuts on paper.
  • (Environment News Service)

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