Kyoto Protocol Advances, Now Goes to Putin

Summary

---

MOSCOW -- The Kyoto Protocol overcame its final legislative hurdle in Russia when the upper house of parliament ratified the global climate pact Wednesday and sent it on to President Vladimir Putin for his signature -- setting the stage for the treaty to come into force next year.

Putin's stamp of approval is considered a formality, but the Kremlin has given no indication of when he will sign the pact, which seeks to slow global warming by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Kyoto Protocol Advances, Now Goes to Putin

Russia's adoption is the final step needed among major industrial countries after the treaty was rejected by the United States, which alone accounted for 36 percent of ...

See the full content of this document

---