global_cc_may1998-df046e9c78f654b4.pdf

This policy brief by the Center for International Environmental Law argues that the success of the Kyoto Protocol depends on the United States exercising moral leadership through domestic emission reductions and the closure of treaty loopholes.

• Industrialized nations are primarily responsible for the increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs), with the United States accounting for 27% of annual global emissions.
• Climate change is expected to cause significant social and environmental damage, including more extreme weather, increased frequency of floods and droughts, and the potential spread of diseases like malaria and cholera.
• The United States has failed to meet its 1992 UN Framework Convention commitment to return to 1990 emission levels by 2000, and its GHG emissions have increased by approximately 8% since the adoption of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) in 1992.
• The U.S. government has conditioned its ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on the requirement that developing countries accept binding obligations to limit or reduce GHG emissions, a demand the author describes as a 'nonstarter' for those countries.
• The Kyoto Protocol contains significant loopholes, including the use of surplus emissions allowances from former socialist economies and a lack of standardized definitions for how forest activities are calculated in net emissions.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (n.d.). global_cc_may1998-df046e9c78f654b4.pdf. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Global_CC_May1998.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. global_cc_may1998-df046e9c78f654b4.pdf. n.d. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Global_CC_May1998.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallawndglobalccmay1998df046e9c78f654b4pdf, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{global\_cc\_may1998-df046e9c78f654b4.pdf}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Global_CC_May1998.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }