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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8890

17 February 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/climate
EU welcomes entry into force of Kyoto Protocol as first victory in fight against global warming - Renewed appeal for the US to join 140 countries already on board to prepare for post-2012

Brussels, 16/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - The entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, which was concluded in 1997, this 16 February 2005 has been welcomed euphorically but modestly by the European Union. This international agreement, which for the first time obliges the industrialised countries which have ratified it collectively to reduce their global emissions of six greenhouse gases by 5.2% between 2008 and 2012 is, however, just a first step and the United States is still...

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