MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
pledges. Japan and Russia have also promised to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 25%.The problem is that from 1990 to 2005 the United States increased its CO2 emissions by 18%.
The United States has not become a different country with the election of Obama. Americans have always been rather skeptical about the Old World"s proposals. Only 45% of them think that the problem of global warming needs emergency measures, which is 23% less than the average in Europe. And another 43% of Americans think the problem is grossly exaggerated. Obama will have to take this into account if he has re-election plans.
Russia has benefited the most from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and also stands to benefit the most from a Copenhagen deal. Russia and Ukraine could not use all the emission quotas set for them in the Kyoto Protocol because their industries were at the disintegration point. Russia was even allowed to sell unused quotas to the countries that have exceeded their
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