VOL. XLIV

No. 11

12-March-2001

ENVIRONMENT

G8 Countries Renew Commitment To Kyoto Accords

Following a three-day meeting in Trieste that ended on 4 March, the environment ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) countries issued a statement renewing their countries commitment to reduce global warming as called for by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. One positive sign seen emerging from the gathering of the worlds seven leading industrial countries plus Russia was Washingtons willingness to participate in...