domingo, 16 de septiembre de 2007

Could Kyoto Protocol learn from Montreal?

Related to the montreal's protocol birthday, i had heard that the countries involved wanted to set their objective one decade before, this means, reach their objective 10 years before than planned. This could prevent the emission of gases equivalent to 35,000 million of tons of co2!! Of course this would be something really amazing and very very gooood 4 everyone… 'cause this means 15 times more than the results that pretend to reach the Kioto Protocol in his first 5 years of operation: 2,000 millions of tons, and that’s the 5,2% less each year than the number of gases emitted on 1990. If i was already proud of this protocol, i'm even a lot more proud of it, i'm almost crying...well not, but i am really fan of it. jaja. i only wish this would not become into a competition between the kioto and the montreal protocol, iam praying so these countries wont forget the principal objective of helping the planet, and they wont fall into the same tramp as always: looking the one that has more power than the other.. i think that after the 2 world wars and the cold war..we are really exhausted and tired about that. So, let's pray for the planet, because it really needs it. jaja.
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Could the solution to global warming be as simple as a switch of cities?
For those who think the Kyoto Protocol is not working to cut greenhouse gas emissions that are heating the planet, why not take some lessons from the Montreal Protocol, praised as the world's most successful climate treaty?Both the UN and the Bush administration plan to try out this idea this week as parties to the treaty gather in Montreal, 20 years after the pact to cut ozone-depleting chemicals was signed.The Montreal Protocol aims to cut down on emissions of chemicals that deplete the stratospheric ozone layer, which shields earth from ultraviolet solar radiation that can cause skin cancer and other ailments.The ozone layer is still thin in spots, especially over the south pole, but the treaty is considered a raging success because it mapped a way to cut production of ozone-depleting substances.So far, 191 countries from the developed and developing world have signed this pact, and have phased out more than 95% of ozone-depleting substances.Because some chemicals that eat stratospheric ozone also contribute to global warming, the UN Environment Programme and the White House plan to urge speeding up some requirements of the Montreal Protocol.They argue that this would have a bigger impact on climate change than the Kyoto Protocol, signed in Japan in 1997."We will push for an agreement among the parties to accelerate the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), chemicals that not only destroy the ozone layer, but contribute significantly to climate change," the US State Department said in a statement before the meeting.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/2034605.htm?enviro

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