??(Kyoto Protocol consensus crumbles)(Brief Article)

From: Environment | Date: December 1, 1999| Author: Depledge, Joanna | Copyright information

Despite being an optimist from the other side of the Atlantic, I concur with much of Reiner's gloomy description of the obstacles facing the climate change regime after Kyoto. The divisions between countries are certainly wide in many areas, and internal U.S. opposition to the Kyoto Protocol throws a shadow over the proceedings. What I disagree with, however, is Reiner's defeatist conclusion that the protocol is not "viable," that the regime is futile, and thus that the process is ...

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