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Former president\u00a0George W. Bush<\/a>\u00a0said Kyoto was fatally flawed because it does not require developing giants, already major polluters, to take on similar constraints.<\/strong><\/p>\n European countries are generally on track for their emissions reductions, but Canada is poised to miss its target by a wide margin.<\/strong><\/p>\n At the same time, emissions by China, India, Indonesia and Brazil have rocketed — nations bound by Kyoto account for less than 30 percent of global\u00a0CO2 emissions,<\/a>\u00a0which hit record levels in 2010.<\/strong><\/p>\n Japan, Canada and Russia have said they will not sign up for a new round of carbon-cutting vows.<\/strong><\/p>\n The European Union (EU) says it will only do so if other nations — including emerging giants such as China and India, which do not have binding targets — beef up efforts in a parallel negotiating arena.<\/strong><\/p>\n Developing countries,<\/a>\u00a0though, insist the Protocol be renewed in its current form.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Of course the developing countries want the Protocol renewed in its current form–it puts no restrictions on them, just on everyone else.<\/p>\n In September of 2010, a website called\u00a0Alttransport.com<\/a>\u00a0reported:<\/p>\n For the first time this decade global CO2 emissions decreased 1.3 percent in 2009,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. But that drop was offseted by a significant rise in emissions in China and India by 9 and 6 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n While the drop is a reason to celebrate, the decrease in emissions is linked to the slow global economy. China and India, on the other hand, have had two of the fastest growing economies \u2014 with India\u2019s\u00a0growth rate at about 8.6 percent<\/a>\u00a0and China\u2019s at\u00a010.3 percent.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Theoretically the idea of all countries working together to make the world a better place is a really good idea. Unfortunately, it loses something when you put it into practice. My current case in point–the debate over greenhouse gas emissions. … Continue reading ![\"Enhanced](\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=959b76ca-e0d6-460c-b02e-16d7d49367e5\")
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