Summary: In this episode we will be talking about the Kyoto Protocol. What is the Kyoto Protocol all about? Where did it come from? What does it say? Who has signed up to it and why? Who has not signed up to it and why not? What has happened since?

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“I think that the European Union saved the Kyoto Protocol here, it could have died completely, any prospect of any legally binding outcome could have died, it has survived, whatever it means we will see later[.]”
– Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, COP16 Cancun 2010

News

Copenhagen/Cancun

• Cancun talks cannot afford to fail: EU climate chief
• Why Cancun trumped Copenhagen: Warmer relations on rising temperatures
• Climate talks end with modest steps, no Kyoto deal

Climate Change 2010

• NOAA reports 2010 hottest year on record so far
• ’2010 to be the world’s warmest year’
• 2010′s world gone wild: Quakes, floods, blizzards

America’s Climate Bill

• Why did the climate bill fail?

Tags: America, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Europe, Floods, Forest Fires

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1. michael- says:

   1st March, 2011 at 22:17

   Great coverage! Why don’t you post more, a lot of great content here – and a much needed perspective, imo.

   regards,

   michael-
2. admin says:

   5th March, 2011 at 20:17

   Hi michael-

   I’ve been working on the next episode for quite a while now, thanks for giving me the encouragement i needed to finish it!
3. Matt says:

   1st November, 2011 at 21:01

   Just thought that I would inform you that Australia did not sign up to the Kyoto Protocol.
4. admin says:

   4th November, 2011 at 18:50

   Hi, Australia ratified the Kyoto Protocol the 3 December 2007 (it took a while but it got ratified eventually) apparently it was the first act of Kevin Rudd after he took the position of Prime Minister.

   Sidney Morning Herald on the matter.

   Thanks for commenting!