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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10515

14 December 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 36
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) climate
Canada throws cold water over talks by rejecting Kyoto Protocol

Brussels, 13/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - So as not to have to pay penalties for failing to meet its commitments, Canada is withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol, thus far the only binding international deal for tackling climate change. Justifying the decision taken on 12 December, the day after negotiators from across the world reached an agreement by the skin of their teeth at the Durban COP 17 talks on climate change, Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent said that the Kyoto Protocol would...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICY
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL - BUDGET