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Basic UNFCCC & Kyoto Protocol |
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What are the GHG trends and sources? |
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What is happening with regard to
temperature trends? |
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What has been RussiaÕs history
regarding Kyoto? |
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Who are RussiaÕs Kyoto stakeholder
players? |
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Why was RussiaÕs ratification important
to the Kyoto Protocol? |
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Why did Russia ratify the Kyoto
Protocol? |
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How can the Kyoto Protocol affect
RussiaÕs economy? |
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How does Russia affect the EU Emission
Trading Scheme? |
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How will RussiaÕs ÒHot AirÓ affect the
price of GHG credits? |
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What is the rationale for Russian
compliance with Kyoto? |
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What are the elements for Russian
institutional compliance? |
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What are the Russian compliance
problems? |
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Bigger questions: carbon trading &
social justice, Clean Development Mechanism vs Clean Development Fund,
international ÒHot AirÓ trading, role of U.S. as Kyoto opponent, role of
World Bank |
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UNFCCC - United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change |
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Kyoto Protocol is amendment of UNFCCC |
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Signed December 11, 1997 at Kyoto,
Japan |
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Opened for signature on March 16, 1998 |
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Need 55 countries representing 55% of
1990 CO2 emissions to ratify for entry-into-force |
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GHG reduction targets for 2008-2012 |
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6 GHGs include CO2, CH4,
N20, CFC-12,CFC-10 |
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2001 Bush says U.S. will not ratify |
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44.2% of 1990 global GHC emissions
without US, Russia, Australia |
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Russia 17.4% of 1990 CO2
emissions |
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US and Australia ~40% of GHG emissions |
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Talks stall in Hague post-2000 election |
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2001 Bonn COP revisions - allows CO2
sink |