Brussels, 16/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - Despite the polemic surrounding the Kyoto Protocol, which was exacerbated by Canada during a preparatory meeting on the World Summit on Sustainable Development (see EUROPE yesterday page 10), Margot Wallström, European Commissioner for the Environment welcomed the most recent results from the G8Environment.
"Given the slow progress in the UN preparatory discussions on WSSD…it was useful that G8 Enviroment Ministers were able to agree on some...