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Title: The Kyoto Protocol: A business perspective

Journal Article · · Oil and Gas Journal
OSTI ID:564222
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  1. International Chamber of Commerce, Paris (France)

Governments have made a tentative start in responding to climate change. In marathon negotiating sessions that extended into an extra day Dec. 1--11 in Kyoto, Japan, representatives from more than 160 governments hammered out the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). The protocol calls for developed countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) on averaged by 5.2% below 1990 levels by the years 2008--2012. Developing countries have no new obligations. The paper discusses the agreement, ratification, future questions, business role, and the challenge.

OSTI ID:
564222
Journal Information:
Oil and Gas Journal, Vol. 96, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: 19 Jan 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English