The Kyoto Protocol.(conference on global warming)

From: World and I | Date: December 1, 1999| Author: Singer, S. Fred | Copyright information

Issues concerning the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted in 1997 at a conference on global warming, are presented, focusing on the assumptions of the protocol and the implications for democracy and economics if it is adopted by the US. Topics include the effects an increase in temperature would have on the global environment, the faulty logic of the protocol, the impact the election of Vice President Al Gore to the presidency would have on the protocol, and the impact the protocol would have o...

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