Global Climate Summit Discusses Greenhouse Gases

Delegates from 160 countries, corporate lobbyists, and environmental campaigners discussglobal warming, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, and "flexibility mechanisms", such asemissions credits.

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November 17, 2000, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


" Delegates from 160 countries are meeting in The Hague this week and next to hammer out ways of reaching the Kyoto Protocol targets for reducing "greenhouse gas" emissions. But as governments fiddle over the small print, and corporate lobbyists battle behind the scenes to derail the whole process, environmental campaigners outside the conference center are warning that the future of human civilization itself is at stake. "

Thanks to Linda LaSut

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