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Article Abstract:

The UN climate conference, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from Nov 2-13, 1998. aimed to develop ways to achieve the goals of climate pact signed in Kyoto, Japan in 1998. The international agreement, which is labeled as the Kyoto Protocol, mandates that top industrialized countries including the US, Canada and Japan reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. With the Buenos Aires conference, the UN hoped to get a clear commitment from industrialized nations, especially the US, that they will respect the conditions of the treaty.

Laws, regulations and rules, United Nations, Treaties, Environmental protection, Environmental law

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Climate

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The environmental organization Greenpeace campaigns for a 30% reduction in CO2 emmissions by the year 2000. CO2 and other gases threaten the climate with the greenhouse effect. The Rio Climate Convention only calls for stabilization of the emmissions. In addition, US bears the major responsibility of implementing energy strategies that would address the global warming threat since it produces 25% of the earth's CO2 emmissions, the largest by a single nation.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide, Greenpeace Foundation

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Learning how not to lead

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An overview is presented on the collapse of climate change control negotiations held at The Hague, Netherlands, in Jan 2001. The failure is attributed primarily to the US delegation, which refused to capitulate on carbon dioxide sinks and corporate interests.

Netherlands, Planning, Political activity, Climatic changes, Climate change, Environmentalists, Environmental activists, United Nations Conference on Climate Change, 1997

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