French President Jacques Chirac warned that if the US did not sign the agreements, a carbon tax across Europe on imports from nations that have not signed the Kyoto treaty could be imposed to try to force compliance. He demanded that the United States sign both the Kyoto Protocol and a future agreement that will take effect when the Kyoto accord runs out inย 2012.
Their access to the summit is proof that Big Oil still holds "a dangerous sway" over the climate process, campaigners say.
Delegationโs composition consistent with new KBPO report revealingย this yearโs U.N. climate talks have the largest number of fossil fuel lobbyists to date.
Labour government accused of being โcomplicit in the fossil fuel industryโs conquest of the COP processโ.
Our changing climate will produce winners and losers. Canada should look to the Global South for a winning strategy.
