Good Magazine - The GOOD Guide to COP15 - An Introduction

A bit of basic background on COP15 - the Kyoto Protocol, what is hoped to be accomplished. It's very short (about 1/3 of it is posted here) but has a bit of useful information for those unfamiliar with what COP15 is.

The Most Important Meeting in History

In 1997, delegates from all over the world met in Japan to create a worldwide framework for reducing carbon emissions. The resulting treaty, which took effect in 2005, aimed to reduce global emissions by 5.2 percent below 1990 levels. Since then, the Kyoto Protocol has been the watchword of environmentalists everywhere—a shorthand for the kind of international cooperation needed to fight climate change (and a reminder of the U.S. Senate’s embarrassing refusal to get on board).

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See the other parts of this series here