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  • Kyoto Treaty Takes Effect Today

    • Kyoto could equally be the harbinger of an international model that rewards pollution-cutting innovation and pushes countries and companies to pursue cleaner forms of growth.
    • Bush administration officials said the treaty would hurt the economy and is ineffective
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  • Kyoto Protocol

    • it became increasingly evident that only a firm and binding
      commitment by developed countries to reduce emissions could send a signal strong enough to convince
      businesses, communities and individuals to act on climate change
    • The major distinction between
      the two, however, is that while the Convention encouraged developed countries to
      stabilize GHG emissions, the Protocol commits them to do so.
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  • Should the United States Ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

    • The Kyoto Protocol is an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty intended to bring countries together to reduce global warming and to cope with the effects of temperature increases that are unavoidable after 150 years of industrialization.
    • The countries are allowed to use emissions trading to meet their obligations if they maintain or increase their greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions trading allows nations that can easily meet their targets to sell credits to those that cannot.
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  • The Kyoto Protocol and Canada

    • The Kyoto Protocol involves moving away from fossil fuel energy sources - oil, gas, and coal - to renewable sources of energy - hydro, wind and solar power - and to less environmentally harmful ways of burning fossil fuels.
    • . Higher levels of greenhouse gas emissions cause global warming and climate change
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