Stig Östlund

tisdag, december 13, 2011

Canada formally abandons Kyoto Protocol on climate change

Canada is formally withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, abandoning the world’s only legally binding plan to tackle global warming.

Environment Minister Peter Kent confirmed the decision on Parliament Hill just hours after returning from a United Nations climate conference in Durban at which he repeatedly avoided questions about Canada’s commitment to the protocol. /THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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