VOL. XLIV

No 31

30-July-2001

ENVIRONMENT

Climate Convention In BonnReaches Accord On Kyoto Protocol

The secretariat of the UN Framework Convention onClimate Change (UNFCCC) announced on 23 July that its 180 members had reacheda broad political agreement on the operational rulebook for the 1997 KyotoProtocol, despite the fact that the US, the worlds largest producer ofgreenhouse gases, refused to be a party to the accord.Japans participation was viewed as crucial,as it is another major producer of...