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Its principle is roughly like this:
I own one car and no tree.. I can keep my CO2 emission as in 2004, without consequences, it means i can use my car same hours than in 2004 . If i buy a tree, i can use my car more hours. If i use my car more hours and i dont buy a tree then i must pay to someone else for the price of a tree.
One chinese friend owns one tree and no car. He or she may buy a car and use it as i did in 2004 without consequences.
He or she pays for a car, feeds one tree and uses that car as much as i did in 2004. i have to pay nothing to him or her and i own no tree. But he or she accepted that agreement.
With this agreement, for example EU (European Union) must reduce emissions 8%, USA 7%, Canada 6%, Croatia 5%. Australia can increase up to 8%, Iceland up to 10%.
The whole agreement will be reviewed and individual progress checked in 2008.
I know people who think that this this agreement didn´t protect world enough against global warming.
http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/background/items/3145.php

2006-12-28 23:22:50 · 5 answers · asked by carmenl_87 3 in Environment

2004 was just an example, the base level is 1990

2006-12-28 23:25:06 · update #1

Johnnie B: trees make same reaction than plants. Please, reread my question and refine your answer please.

2006-12-29 04:05:43 · update #2

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All countries including the biggest polluter should sign up. However its still too weak to be effective but its better than nothing.

2006-12-28 23:27:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The problem is u don't know a pollutant from what is not. The biggest u think is CO2 WRONG. Mother Nature took care of this problem a few million years ago, when she introduced plants. Not just trees but grass, shrubs, and Even algae. All green plants get there foods with a process called photosynthesis. That is why you can't measure any increase in CO2 . The plants have done a great job. Along with the recycling of our air the other part also recycles fossil fuels . The plants take in CO2 and keep the C and give us back the O2 . Follow the C path and u can see how it is done. Why do u want to starve the plants? They have done nothing to u except poison Ivy.
Feed the plants and save us all.

2006-12-29 11:01:27 · answer #2 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0 0

Kyoto is a joke. I remember the 1970s when the alarmists were saying we were heading for an ice age because of the same thing they now say is causing global warming.
When Al Gore trades in his private jets for a bicycle I will believe he is sincere when he warns us all about global warming.

2006-12-29 09:55:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

No. Who among us is giving up driving, air conditioning, or buying cheap stuff to make life easier? We are hypocrites to expect our government to do something we ourselves do not do.

2006-12-29 08:38:46 · answer #4 · answered by bobo383 3 · 0 0

OF COURSE

2006-12-29 07:31:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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