VOL. XLIV

No. 25

18-June-2001

ENVIRONMENT

US-EU Agree To Disagree Over Kyoto Protocol

US President George W Bush and European leaders failed to make any headway in their differences over global warming during a summit meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 14 July. The European Union (EU) said that it would continue with its plans to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which Mr Bush said last March his administration would not support (MEES, 2 April). A joint communique issued at the end of the summit...