Kyoto doelen zijn moeilijk te halen

"Most of the world's big industrialised nations are struggling to meet the greenhouse gas reductions they committed to achieve in the embattled Kyoto pact on climate change"

"Among the worst off is Canada, the current president of UN climate change talks, which this year became the first country to announce it would not meet its Kyoto target of a 6% emissions cut on average over the years 2008-2012.

Canada's emissions have ballooned by 29% instead as a result of oil production growing in the tar sands of Alberta.

Japan, too, has a long way to go to meet its 6% reduction mandated by the treaty. If no additional measures are taken, UN forecasts show Japan's emissions will instead grow by 6%.

The EU believes it can meet its target of cutting emissions by 8% by 2012, but only with the full implementation of an emissions trading scheme and two big "ifs"."

Bron: www.climateark.org