Was the Kyoto Protocol a Success or Failure?

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Was the Kyoto Protocol a Success or Failure?

This year’s COP17 United Nations climate change summit in Durban, South Africa increased awareness of the uphill effort required to establish an international emissions reduction treaty. But Durban was just the latest in a long line of attempts to limit global warming. Almost 15 years ago, the world gathered in Japan to negotiate the Kyoto Protcol , a landmark international treaty to limit greenhouse gases. As the expiration date of the world’s first carbon cutting treaty draws closer, energyNOW! asks – was Kyoto a success or a failure? The full video is available below: COP17 was considered a success by many observers, resulting in agreement by nations to forge a binding global climate deal by 2015 and a $100-billion-per-year fund overseen by the World Bank to help poor countries fight and adapt to climate change. But the COP17 agreements pale in comparison to both the sc...

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