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CBC News Indepth: Kyoto  -  Feb 16, 2005
CBC.caIt seemed liked a major blow at the time. In March 2001, US President George W. Bush announced his administration was opposed to the Kyoto Protocol. ...

Celebrations held to mark 10 years of Kyoto Protocol  -  Dec 12, 2007
央视国际United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) poses for photos with some delegates during an evening party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Kyoto ...

Extension of Kyoto targets urged  -  Dec 10, 2009
Toronto StarAn Israeli surfer walks near chimneys of an electricity manufacturing station near the northern Israeli city of Hadera on December 7, 2009. ...

We are not here to kill Kyoto: Jairam Ramesh  -  Dec 17, 2009
Economic TimesCOPENHAGEN: It's now almost clear that the Copenhagen climate change conference will not result in an agreement. Denmark has indicated categorically that ...

Rudd's warm Kyoto reception  -  Dec 4, 2007
NEWS.com.au - news.com.auKEVIN Rudd has ratified the Kyoto Protocol as the first formal act of his Government, ending Australia's international isolation on climate change. ...

EDITORIAL: Beyond Kyoto.(Editorial)  -  Nov 16, 2006
Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.comNov. 16--The Kyoto Protocol was born nine years ago amid feel-good assurances that it would lead to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. ...

US in plan to bypass Kyoto protocol  -  Jul 28, 2005
The GuardianThe United States and Australia have been working in secret for 12 months on an alternative to the Kyoto protocol and will reveal today a joint pact with ...

UN talks stall after African protest over Kyoto  -  Dec 14, 2009
ForbesBy Gerard Wynn and Pete Harrison. COPENHAGEN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The main session of UN climate talks in Copenhagen stalled on Monday after African nations ...

Climate talks fail to set post-Kyoto timetable  -  Nov 18, 2006
New ScientistThe governments of rich nations are being accused of failing to respond to worsening news from scientists about climate change. ...

China takes UN Convention, Kyoto Protocol as basic framework  -  Dec 12, 2008
央视国际A Chinese minister said in Poznan on Thursday that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol should be taken as the ...

Kyoto climate pact a decade old  -  Dec 11, 2007
USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Joseph Coleman, AP Writer. BALI, Indonesia — The American vice president was an environmentalist and the US Congress was conservative. ...

Kyoto out of kilter  -  Dec 6, 2005
Christian Science MonitorBy The Monitor's View / December 6, 2005. One flaw in the Kyoto treaty is that its legal targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, set in 1997, ...

Kyoto II in Poznan Can the Climate Survive the Financial Crisis?  -  Dec 1, 2008
Spiegel OnlineJust as the world gathers in Poland to come up with a new climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the global financial meltdown threatens to torpedo ...

`Murder' of Kyoto Protocol will end chances of climate deal: G77  -  Oct 7, 2009
Times of IndiaBANGKOK: The gridlock at Bangkok climate negotiations worsened on Tuesday with key G77 members, including India and China, indicating that the "murder" of ...

Kyoto signatories meet in hope over expectation  -  Nov 30, 2005
Sydney Morning HeraldBy Mark Coultan Herald Correspondent in Montreal. THE first meeting of the signatories to the Kyoto Protocol has started with plenty of goodwill but with ...

Govt urged to rethink Kyoto Protocol  -  Oct 30, 2006
NEWS.com.auTHE Government has been urged again to act on climate change on the eve of the release of a ground-breaking report that says a failure to act will devastate ...

'Failure to ratify Kyoto protocol proved costly'  -  Nov 26, 2007
HinduMelbourne (PTI): Australia's outgoing environment minister has blamed Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to ratify the Kyoto protocol as one of the ...

Signing Kyoto - the easy bit for Kevin Rudd  -  Nov 27, 2007
Telegraph.co.ukBy Nick Squires in Sydney. Australia and the United States were the only developed countries not to have ratified the treaty, and Mr Rudd's move will leave ...

FACTBOX: What is the Kyoto Protocol?  -  Mar 31, 2008
Reuters UK...(Reuters) - Delegates from up to 190 nations will meet in Bangkok from March 31-April 4 to start work on a new UN pact to fight climate change and succeed ...

'Kyoto principles' crucial in climate talks: China  -  Nov 14, 2009
Moneycontrol.comChina will insist the main principles of the Kyoto Protocol are retained in any new global climate change pact, even though others are seeking to abandon ...

First meeting for 'Kyoto rival'  -  Jan 11, 2006
BBC NewsBy Richard Black. The first ministerial meeting of a controversial alliance promising economic growth with low carbon emissions has opened in Sydney. ...

US pleased G8 climate discussions move past Kyoto - MarketWatch  -  Jul 8, 2005
MarketWatchBy Stephanie I. Cohen, MarketWatch. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Bush's top environmental adviser said Friday that the Group of Eight nations ...

For Kyoto's champions, the meetings never end  -  Dec 17, 2007
National PostThe UN climate change conference in Bali -- the 13th Kyoto-related conference ... The Kyoto process is the ultimate triumph of symbolism over substance. ...

Kyoto's about cash, not emission levels  -  Oct 16, 2009
Toronto SunTo it's enormous credit, the Canadian government wants the Kyoto Protocol amended to include ... The US wants no part of Kyoto, and sees it as a boondoggle. ...

Bush 'must not stand in the way of new Kyoto deal'  -  Dec 9, 2005
IndependentBy Andy McSmith. George Bush must not be allowed to stand in the way of a new international agreement to combat climate change, a former Blairite cabinet ...

Opposition parties urge Tories to rethink Kyoto  -  Nov 9, 2006
CTV.caOpposition parties are urging the Conservatives to rethink their position on Kyoto and to join the fight against greenhouse gases and climate change. ...

Background: From Kyoto to Bali  -  Dec 2, 2007
National PostOTTAWA -- An upcoming United Nations climate change summit on the Indonesian resort island of Bali could be humanity's last shot at reversing course on ...

G20 nations discuss shape of post-Kyoto pact  -  Mar 16, 2008
Reuters IndiaBy Chisa Fujioka. MAKUHARI, Japan, March 16 (Reuters) - The world's major greenhouse gas emitters headed into a final session of talks on Sunday on the ...

Climate meeting to discuss 'son of Kyoto'  -  Nov 28, 2005
New ScientistFormal talks have begun in Montreal, Canada on how to limit emissions of greenhouse gases after the Kyoto Protocol to curb climate change expires in 2012. ...

FACTBOX-Australia plan aims to set standard for post-Kyoto pact  -  Oct 21, 2009
Reuters UKOct 21 (Reuters) - Just weeks before a UN deadline to try to agree on a tougher global deal to fight climate change, nations can't agree on the design or ...

Canada could face penalties under Kyoto Protocol  -  Oct 31, 2006
CTV.caOTTAWA — Canada is liable to penalties and international censure for failing to respect its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, says a legal opinion made ...

Behind the Scenes: The Kyoto Prizes  -  Jan 25, 2010
National GeographicHowever, we were a little bit surprised that the people whom we selected for Advanced Technology prizes have now also been awarded Nobel Prizes. ...

PM underplays Kyoto Protocol  -  Feb 6, 2010
Economic TimesNEW DELHI: India appears to have begun underplaying the importance of the Kyoto Protocol. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who backed the Copenhagen Accord at ...

Canadians win prestigious Kyoto Prize for 1st time  -  Jun 20, 2008
CBC.caA leading Toronto scientist and a Montreal-based philosopher have been awarded the prestigious Kyoto Prizes, Japan's equivalent of the Nobel Prizes. ...

Kyoto next: Roadmap to save the climate on board  -  Dec 6, 2007
IBNLive.comMISSION MITIGATION: The target is to negotiate a new pact to succeed the Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012. ibnlive.com is on mobile now. ...

Bush dubs Kyoto treaty 'lousy deal' for US economy  -  Jul 4, 2005
ForbesLONDON (AFX) - US President George W Bush has described the Kyoto Protocol as a 'lousy deal' for the US economy, turning up the heat on British leader Tony ...

Living with or without the Kyoto Protocol  -  Oct 23, 2009
Business MirrorIN less than two weeks, envoys from 192 countries will reunite in Barcelona to negotiate on the substantive agenda for a new deal that must save the world ...

Spain's 2008 CO2 Emissions Fell, But Will Miss Kyoto Targets  -  Feb 3, 2010
Wall Street JournalMADRID (Dow Jones)--Spain's greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2008 from a year earlier, but the country nevertheless doesn't expect to meet an emission ...

Aussies sternly told to sign Kyoto  -  Nov 3, 2006
NEWS.com.auTHE author of a controversial report on climate change says Australia has all the elements which could help fight global warming and should get on with it. ...

Australia will meet Kyoto Protocol target say Kevin Rudd  -  Mar 11, 2008
HinduCANBERRA (AP): Australia is on track to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets mandated under the Kyoto Protocol, the prime minister said Tuesday as the ...

Can the World Improve on Kyoto?  -  Sep 5, 2007
TIMEBy Bryan Walsh Wednesday, Sep. 05, 2007. Pejar Dam, the water supply in the heart ofAustralia's sheep grazing country, sits nearly empty during a drought. ...

Merkel: no chance of Kyoto-style agreement at Copenhagen  -  Oct 31, 2009
Times OnlineAngela Merkel tried to give the world a wake up call to the glacial progress being made towards a climate deal in Copenhagen yesterday by writing off the ...

Sins of omission cast shadow over Kyoto  -  Feb 19, 2005
Sydney Morning HeraldBy Ross Gittins. The trouble with the almighty struggle to get the Kyoto Protocol into force is that it's left too many people with the impression Kyoto is ...

Time for Harper to take action on greenhouse gas emissions  -  Feb 2, 2010
Vancouver SunAt the time of the Kyoto baseline -- in 1990 -- Canada had been emitting 17 tonnes ... The 160 signatory countries to Kyoto had pledged to achieve, by 2012, ...

FACTBOX-What is the Kyoto Protocol?  -  Mar 30, 2008
Reuters IndiaREUTERS - Delegates from up to 190 nations will meet in Bangkok from March 31-April 4 to start work on a new UN pact to fight climate change and succeed the ...

UN climate talks result in post-Kyoto road map  -  Nov 17, 2007
Toronto StarVALENCIA, Spain–A UN climate conference agreed yesterday on a blueprint for fighting global warming and said governments have only a few years to avert some ...

Will Kyoto die at Canadian hands?  -  Jan 27, 2006
BBC NewsBy Richard Black. When the history of the Kyoto Protocol comes to be written, Canada will appear as a particularly influential figure in the narrative. ...

Canadian government sued over Kyoto failure  -  Dec 14, 2009
The GuardianThe Canadian government is facing legal action over its failure to meet its Kyoto targets on emissions. The environmental group Friends of the Earth Canada ...

CLIMATE CHANGE: 'Copenhagen Accord Not Legal, Kyoto Protocol Is'  -  Jan 26, 2010
Reuters AlertNetReuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. ...

'The Kyoto Protocol is inadequate in itself to stabilize climate...  -  Jun 5, 2007
LivemintThe buzz about worsening climatic conditions across the world is getting louder, and a lot needs to be done if future generations are to have a reasonable ...

Sydney climate talks not intended to replace Kyoto Protocol: US  -  Jan 7, 2006
中国日报The Bush administration said on Friday that the six-nation climate talks to be held next week in Sydney are not intended as a replacement for the Kyoto ...

China: US is sabotaging Copenhagen climate treaty by 'changing Kyoto ...  -  Oct 5, 2009
Telegraph.co.ukThe US and other rich countries are "sabotaging" the Kyoto protocol, ... Rich nations have suggested that poorer countries, which had no Kyoto obligations, ...

Battle begins for post-Kyoto deal  -  Feb 14, 2008
NEWS.com.auOFFICIALS from 21 countries and the United Nations held talks in Tokyo today as they seek to come up with a new deal on fighting climate change by the end ...

Kyoto Protocol finally comes to life  -  Feb 13, 2005
TVNZReining in industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, the Kyoto Protocol finally comes into force on Wednesday after seven painful ...

Kyoto Craft Center - Reviews and Ratings of Shops in Kyoto - New York...  -  Jan 25, 2010
New York TimesAddress275 Gion, KyotoLocationKitagawa, Higashiyama-ku. On Shijo Dori east of the Kamo River in the heart of GionPhone075/561-9660. Whereas the Kyoto ...

Kyoto Protocol parties will exceed pledge to cut carbon emissions  -  Nov 21, 2007
HinduBONN (AP): The industrial world is hurling more carbon into the atmosphere than ever before, and governments have a narrow window of just a few years to ...

Kenya: Delegates Differ Over Review of Kyoto Protocol  -  Nov 13, 2006
AllAfrica.comNairobi — The climate change conference entered its second week with sharp divisions over the review of the Kyoto Protocol. ...

Let's try not to repeat the errors of Kyoto at Copenhagen  -  Nov 28, 2009
Montreal GazetteBy AVRIM LAZAR, FreelanceNovember 27, 2009. In just a few weeks, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to address climate change. ...

US, Canadian professors awarded Kyoto Prize  -  Nov 10, 2008
USA TODAY - USA TodayTOKYO (AP) — A California-based computer scientist, a philosophy professor and a molecular biologist each received $500000 at an awards ceremony Monday for ...

A Chill In Montreal Despite The Hot Air  -  Dec 13, 2005
Atlantic OnlineMost of the governments taking part had been advocates of the Kyoto approach. ... The Kyoto model was a dead end, to be sure: It has made getting to the ...

Harper at odds with UN chief over Kyoto  -  Sep 24, 2007
Canada.comUNITED NATIONS -- Interest in a looser “flexible� approach to combatting global warming is now in the ascendancy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told world ...

CORRECTED - TABLE-Kyoto offset (CER) supply forecast cut to 1.1 bln  -  Jan 8, 2010
Reuters IndiaLONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Around 1.1 billion tonnes of Kyoto Protocol carbon offsets will be issued by 2013, a UN agency said on Friday, a far cry from the ...

Japan to meet Kyoto goals but opposes penalties  -  Nov 6, 2006
Reuters AlertNetBy Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent. NAIROBI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Japan will meet its 2012 goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions under the UN ...

FACTBOX-How Japan plans to meet Kyoto emissions-cut goal  -  Jun 10, 2009
Reuters UKJune 10 (Reuters) - Japan, the world's fifth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has set a 2020 target to cut emissions by 15 percent below 2005 levels, ...

Kyoto's shape shifters  -  Nov 30, 2008
Toronto SunWhen 2006/2007 produced a relatively mild winter in North America, Kyoto shape ... When, alas, 2007/2008 produced a relatively cold and snowy winter, Kyoto ...

Despite Kyoto disputes, Group of Eight leaders strike agreement  -  Jul 8, 2005
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive...bles for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, officials said Thursday. French President Jacques Chirac called the reported agreement — to be unveiled on the ...

Aritsugu - Reviews and Ratings of Shops in Kyoto - New York Times …  -  Jan 24, 2010
New York TimesLocationNishiki-Koji Dori, Gokomachi Nishi-iru, Nakagyo-ku. 1 block north of Shijo Dori on the north side of Nishiki-Koji Dori, ...

Baird's 'real' emissions plan misses Kyoto deadline by years  -  Apr 26, 2007
CBC.caThe federal government released Thursday the specifics of its much-anticipated emissions plan, which requires most industries in Canada to become 18 per ...

Kyoto nations discuss post-2012 cuts in greenhouse gases  -  May 26, 2006
USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Gerard Wynn. BONN, Germany — Countries that are signed up to the Kyoto Protocol reaffirmed plans on Friday to set new, tougher caps on greenhouse gas ...

Will Kyoto Protocol Survive Copenhagen Climate Confab?  -  Dec 2, 2009
AllAfrica.comBy Alex Abutu. As the world prepares to converge in Copenhagen, Denmark in December with the hope of arriving at a globally accepted agreement to reduce the ...

Group loses court bid against Tory government over Kyoto Protocol  -  Oct 20, 2008
CBC.caThe environmental group Friends of the Earth has lost a court bid to force the federal government to comply with the Kyoto Protocol that sets targets for ...

Seeking Profit in Kyoto Protocol Compliance  -  Dec 5, 2005
NPR...by Christopher Joyce. The parties that signed the Kyoto treaty on global warming in 1997 are meeting in Montreal, Canada. Signatories are tackling the issue ...

… - Reviews and Ratings of Restaurants in Kyoto - New York Times...  -  Jan 26, 2010
New York Times...courtyard and cubbyhole rooms, this tiny, 300-year-old noodle shop makes a great place for an inexpensive meal in the heart of traditional Kyoto. ...

Australia right to reject Kyoto: British experts  -  Oct 25, 2007
ABC Online - ABC OnlineTwo researchers in the UK have backed Australia's decision not to ratify the Kyoto protocol, saying it has failed to deliver cuts to carbon emissions. ...

Kyoto's Quiet Anniversary  -  Feb 17, 2006
FOXNewsGlobal warming alarmists marked the Kyoto Protocol's first anniversary in ... Kyoto obligates the European Union to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 8 ...

Canada's Kyoto failure a warning to summit: study  -  Sep 8, 2009
Financial PostPARIS - Canada's failure to meet its Kyoto commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions is being used as ammunition by a US think-tank to argue in favour of ...

Howard to persuade APEC leaders to accept post-Kyoto pact  -  Sep 3, 2007
Daily News & AnalysisPTI. MELBOURNE: By agreeing to a "post-Kyoto framework", Australian Prime Minister John Howard will push APEC leaders to address the crucial issue of ...

What's New in the EU: Post-2012 Kyoto Protocol  -  Aug 6, 2008
Jerusalem PostBy ARI SYRQUIN. The European Commission this week launched a public consultation on the European Union's approach to a global climate-change agreement up to ...

G8 leaders agree on post-Kyoto deal  -  Jun 8, 2007
The AustralianWORLD leaders at the G8 summit in Germany last night sealed an agreement to make "substantial" cuts in greenhouse gases and secure a post-Kyoto deal by 2009 ...

The End of the Kyoto Protocol  -  Jun 5, 2007
stratfor.comBy Peter Zeihan and Bart Mongoven. European leaders have expressed dismay over US President George W. Bush's June 1 call for the creation of a long-term ...

Kyoto: it's not the end of the world  -  Dec 19, 2007
Sydney Morning HeraldYou get the feeling that Kevin Rudd, while terribly proud of having ratified the Kyoto Protocol, is just a little bit wary of breaking the news about what ...

Climate talks start on widening Kyoto  -  Aug 27, 2007
Reuters UKBy Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent. VIENNA (Reuters) - Climate negotiators from more than 150 nations sought a global deal beyond 2012 on Monday to ...

We need action, not Kyoto II  -  Sep 30, 2009
The HinduAP In this file photo, a villager holding umbrella to protect himself from sun, walks over parched land on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India. ...

… Sushi - Reviews and Ratings of Restaurants in Kyoto - New York...  -  Jan 26, 2010
New York TimesLocationKawaramachi-Sanjo, Higashi-iru. On Sanjo Dori, just west of the Kamo River (look for its logo of a face with glasses and a ...

Some Kyoto targets met, but . . .  -  Dec 7, 2009
MiamiHerald.comBY EUGENE ROBINSON. Climate-change skeptics are barking up the wrong smokestack. The shell game being played isn't with the science, it's with the solutions ...

Kyoto pact aims to tackle global warming  -  Feb 21, 2005
Times of IndiaOver a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty - the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - to consider what could be ...

Warming's impacts worsened since Kyoto  -  Nov 22, 2009
msnbc.comWASHINGTON - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of ...

EU criticises Australia over Kyoto Protocol refusal  -  Apr 3, 2007
NEWS.com.auTHE European Union laid into Australia for rejecting the Kyoto Protocol, as UN scientists prepared a report likely to issue grim warnings about climate ...

Harper chastised for spurning Kyoto  -  Sep 9, 2007
Canada.comThe Harper government found itself on the receiving end of a stern lecturing at a summit of Pacific Rim leaders yesterday for shirking its responsibilities ...

Kyoto denial costs farmers $2.5b in carbon trade cash  -  Oct 26, 2006
Sydney Morning HeraldDuring the worst drought on record, farmers are losing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of potential income because of the Federal Government's refusal ...

Reinventing Kyoto  -  Jun 11, 2007
Los Angeles TimesThe international treaty for cutting greenhouse gases is a bust, and Bush's approach will do little to help. AS PRESIDENT BUSH sat across the table last ...

Labor sees the light on next Kyoto phase  -  Oct 31, 2007
NEWS.com.au - news.com.auIT came direct from Kevin Rudd's mouth: the Labor Party cannot commit to ratify a post-2012 second Kyoto period unless Australia's conditions are met. ...

Following Kyoto reversal, Australia meets with US  -  Dec 6, 2007
Christian Science MonitorBy Andrew Heining csmonitor.com / December 6, 2007. The United States held its first talks with Australia's new government Wednesday, with a top official ...

Ottawa accused of helping to dilute Kyoto  -  Sep 1, 2007
Toronto StarThe main street of Kyoto, Japan, is packed with cars in this file photograph taken May 4. The mayors of 40 of the world's biggest cities are meeting in New ...

FACTBOX: How Japan plans to meet Kyoto emissions-cut goal  -  Nov 12, 2008
Reuters UK...(Reuters) - Japanese greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.3 percent in the year that ended in March, the government said on Wednesday, pushing Japan further away ...

Ramesh Stands By Kyoto Protocol On Climate Change  -  Oct 20, 2009
BernamaNEW DELHI, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- With questions raised over his reported views on India's stand on climate change, Indian Environment Minister Ramesh Monday ...

Canada in `anti-Kyoto' club  -  Sep 25, 2007
Toronto StarUNITED NATIONS–Canada will join a small coalition of countries that have spurned calls for mandatory pollution-reduction targets to fight climate change ...

Gov't shifts focus from Kyoto to clean waterways  -  Oct 16, 2007
CTV.caOTTAWA — Cleaning up Canada's polluted waterways is the new marquee item in the Conservative government's environmental strategy after it firmly closed the ...

Brian Fallow: Bali meeting looks to Kyoto's successor  -  Nov 19, 2007
New Zealand HeraldEven before the Kyoto Protocol comes into effect in the new year, ... In the 10 years since Kyoto was negotiated we have learned a lot more both about the ...

Harper now says he will 'respect' Kyoto bill  -  Feb 16, 2007
Globe and MailOTTAWA — From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Feb. 16, 2007 5:07AM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2009 10:09PM EDT ...

China negotiator optimistic on climate treaty  -  06 Aug 2009
The Associated PressParticipants at a United Nations conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December will try to reach an agreement on a treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto

He has more reasons to be skeptical of Kyoto claims  -  06 Aug 2009
Pierce County HeraldHere are the last five reasons why not to comply to the Kyoto treaty: 5. The arguments claiming man as a cause of global warming are based on computer

Shimadzu Declines After Cutting Forecast on Yen, Weaker Demand  -  06 Aug 2009
Bloomberg30, 21 percent less than the previous forecast, Kyoto-based Shimadzu said yesterday after markets closed. The company reiterated its full year profit

US climate bill on uncertain Senate road  -  06 Aug 2009
Carbon PositiveAnd how long will it take to achieve, given the bill's importance to global climate talks scheduled to settle a new post-Kyoto treaty by December?

China Sees Progress on Climate Accord, but Resists an Emissions ...  -  06 Aug 2009
New York Times...a December meeting in Copenhagen, where nations will try to devise a successor to the protocol reached at a 1997 United Nations meeting in Kyoto, Japan.

Japanese Man Gets 2.5 Years for DS Piracy  -  06 Aug 2009
Nintendo World ReportA judge in Kyoto, Japan has sentenced an Osaka man to 2 years 6 months jail time for selling copied DS games. 38-year-old Yoshiaki Asagiri was found guilty

Harrabin's Notes: Breaking the jam  -  06 Aug 2009
BBC NewsThe Kyoto process has failed to deliver meaningful reductions in emissions and the Copenhagen climate meeting is doomed to failure.

Moms organize for end to nuclear weapons  -  06 Aug 2009
People's Weekly WorldAbout 17500 mothers assembled in Kyoto City last month to take part in the 55th Japan Mothers' Congress, a major annual forum devoted to discussing ways to

Activision Profit Rises Sevenfold; Delays 'starcraft'  -  06 Aug 2009
BloombergLast week, Kyoto-based Nintendo said Wii sales fell 57 percent and profit dropped 61 percent in the first quarter ended June 30. Sony Corp., based in Tokyo,

Air conditioners cut out ozone-depleting gas under new rules  -  06 Aug 2009
USA TodayHFCs have received scrutiny from some participants of the Kyoto Protocol, an international environmental treaty dedicated to combating global warming,

US consumers spared big costs in climate bill  -  06 Aug 2009
ReutersThat would come before a UN meeting in Copenhagen in December in which nearly 200 countries hope to form a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol on

Camco says made 'solid' start to year  -  06 Aug 2009
ReutersCamco invests in clean energy projects, registering them with the United Nations under a Kyoto Protocol scheme that awards carbon offset credits for cutting

US climate bill: Implications for Copenhagen  -  06 Aug 2009
Carbon PositiveThis complicates global negotiations and places further question marks over the chances of a new post-Kyoto accord by the agreed deadline.

Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation Facing Pressure to Cut Prices  -  06 Aug 2009
Japan Corporate News (press release)Nintendo shares fell the most in three months after the Kyoto-based company said Wii sales plunged 57 percent and profit dropped 61 percent.

Minimum tax could be maintained until year-end  -  06 Aug 2009
Curierul NationalAnother source of income would be to capitalise the units of the quantity of noxious emission allocated under the Kyoto Protocol - which it is estimated to

Maths behind sexy lingerie  -  06 Aug 2009
MSN IndiaKensuke Nakamura of Kyoto Institute of Technology and Takao Kurokawa of Osaka University said that identifying body shape components was critical for

Traveling Tokyo and Kyoto with Google's “Favorite Placesâ€?  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Examiner.comFor both Tokyo and Kyoto, Google has gathered up a range of experts who show off a number of places of interest. The experts have listed both well-known and

South Korea unveils CO2 target plan  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
ReutersSeoul drew measured praise for taking a lead among newly industrialized nations not bound by the un's Kyoto Protocol by setting 2020 goals ahead of a major

Horiba Shifts to Medical as Auto-Parts Demand Slumps  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Bloomberg...“We are considering a change in our business portfolio,� President Atsushi Horiba said yesterday in an interview after the Kyoto-based company announced a

The Kyoto Protocol  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
The News InternationalFinally on 11 December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, the parties gathered for a third time and set up what came to be known as the Kyoto Protocol.

A Different Take on the US-India Climate Change "Spat"  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Wall Street Journal...the US on climate change seem to be clearly drawn ahead of December's key summit in Copenhagen that will try to craft a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

Prepare for a world after Kyoto quickly or be left behind  -  ‎Aug 2, 2009‎
JoongAng DailyThe Kyoto Protocol is three years from expiration. To promote the ratification of a post-Kyoto treaty that requires all countries to agree to mandatory

Deforestation's Role in Carbon Markets  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
BusinessWeekDeforestation is fast becoming a central part of any Post-Kyoto agreement on global greenhouse gases. It's easy to see why.

Exploring the future of energy  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
ScienceBlogsIt would be a major achievement if, a decade from now, Copenhagen has replaced Kyoto as the city most associated with efforts to avoid catastrophic climate

CHAMBER OF SHIPPING REJECTS KYOTO PROTOCOL CONCEPT  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
Maritime Global NetThe shipping industry argues that the current Kyoto Protocol concept of 'common but differentiated responsibility' cannot be practically applied to shipping

Global warming is no friend to Russia, ambassador says  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Grist MagazineHe also took a confrontational tone in discussing the Kyoto climate treaty. “We are, by the way, members of the Kyoto Protocol,� he said. “You are not.

Montreal Protocol Eyed as Weapon in Fight Against Climate Change  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
New York TimesShould UN climate talks fail to achieve a concrete replacement to the Kyoto Protocol by the end of the year, it is possible the Montreal treaty could be

Climate change: Racing beyond Kyoto  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
Canada.comMitigation: Developed countries have to agree on new emission reduction targets for after 2012 when the Kyoto Protocol expires.

David Suzuki: Carbon offsets as a tool in the fight against global ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Georgia StraightIf you add in the offsets that are used in national and international regulatory programs, such as the Kyoto Protocol and European Emissions Trading System,

Government considers three plans to cut CO2  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
JoongAng DailyKorea, though an advanced economy, is still not required to reduce emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, an international commitment to fight climate change

Drop in Nintendo Wii sales hits bottom line  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
Los Angeles TimesNintendo, based in Kyoto, reported Thursday that profit for the three months ended June 30 fell 60% to $442.8 million, down from $1.1 billion in the same

India Unveils the World's Largest Solar Cooker, Makes Lunch for 20000  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Fast CompanyThe $5 solar-powered Kyoto Box, for example, uses only cardboard, glass, and foil to cook food and boil water. For the two billion people that use firewood

Chile's Fighting Climate Change Is a Role Model for the ...  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
ReutersAlthough Chile is officially considered an Annex B, "developing" country under the dual classification of the Kyoto Protocol, the smaller country of 16

Seasonal sensations: wildlife, history and culture in Japan  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)Cultural highlights include visiting Matsumoto's 400-year-old 'Black Crow' samurai castle and Kyoto's beautiful temples. Departing 4 Oct 2009 and 3 Oct 2010

DS Pirate Lands Two Years in Prison  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Escapist MagazineHe was found guilty of breaking Japanese copyright law and putting the games online without permission, and yesterday the Kyoto District Court sentenced

Greenhouse gases from energy jump on Kyoto account  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
National Business ReviewThe Environment Ministry claimed in April that the nation's Kyoto liability for 2008-2012 had swung from an estimated deficit of $546 million last year to

Electronic Arts Tops Analysts' Views on Sales, Loss  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
BloombergLast week, Kyoto-based Nintendo said Wii sales fell 57 percent and profit dropped 61 percent in the first quarter ended June 30. Sony Corp., based in Tokyo,

Guest commentary: Don't restrict homeowners  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
Daily CameraOrdinance may discourage or prevent many new energy-efficient updates and remodels, and therefore may actually work against Boulder's Kyoto goals.

Is time running out to seal post-Kyoto climate pact?  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
Reuters IndiaNegotiators face a mammoth task to try to agree by the end of the year on the outlines of broader climate pact to replace the UN's Kyoto Protocol.

China Shuts Small Plants  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
Wall Street JournalChina has pushed back on any absolute limits on its emissions, a roadblock for coming up with a successor to the Kyoto Protocol in negotiations in December.

Scientists: Humans Naturally Glow in the Dark  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
FOXNews...can spot the weak emissions could help spot medical conditions, said researcher Hitoshi Okamura, a circadian biologist at Kyoto University in Japan.

DPJ to Raise Target for Japan's Greenhouse-Gas Cuts, Okada Says  -  ‎Jul 26, 2009‎
BloombergAlmost 200 countries are seeking to meet a December deadline in Copenhagen for an accord to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.

Legalities of climate change  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Livemint...(The current framework under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, and the Kyoto Protocol mandates emission reductions only from

Ramesh announces steps to reduce water, air pollution  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Press Trust of IndiaUnder the aegis of the UN, a meeting on climate change at Copenhagen in December will try to reach an agreement on Kyoto Protocol to tackle global warming.

India CO2 credit revenue sharing plan stirs unease  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Reuters IndiaUnder Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) companies in the developed world can invest in clean energy projects in emerging nations like China and

Dealers Bail Out Cash for Clunkers  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Huffington Post...over a car that gets 16 mpg (which is probably high for most American clunkers) represents a 12% efficiency gain -- serious by even Kyoto standards.

40 Percent Target Too Hard Says Smith As Trees Reduce Kyoto Bill  -  ‎Jul 25, 2009‎
guide2.co.nzEstimates of New Zealand's Kyoto liability have bounced around wildly from profits to multi-billion dollar payments due to different calculations.

Davis Commissioners push 'Western' values  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Davis County ClipperFormer President George W. Bush didn't sign the Kyoto agreement that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and the presence of greenhouse gases because he

J-League: Lee nets on return to Jubilo team - Global  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
ESPNElsewhere, Brazilian midfielder Diego struck twice as Kyoto Sanga downed Kawasaki Frontale 3-1 in Kyoto. Kawasaki went ahead in the sixth minute when Takuro

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