EMM News Explorer: Kyoto Protocol

Lukashevich [-said]: This is yet another example that the 1997 Kyoto Protocol has lost its effectiveness in the context of the social and economic situation of the 21st century,

dawn 16-DEC-11

Lukashevich [added that:]: the right to leave /the Kyoto Protocol/ is a sovereign right of every country.

itartass_en 16-DEC-11

Figueres [-said]: Whether or not Canada is a Party to the Kyoto Protocol, it has a legal obligation under the Convention to reduce its emissions, and a moral obligation to itself and future generations to lead in the global effort,

ipsnews 14-DEC-11

Christiana Figueres [said that:]: whether or not Canada is a party to the Kyoto Protocol, it has a legal obligation under the Convention to reduce its emissions, and a moral obligation to itself and future generations to lead in the global effort.

ibtimes 14-DEC-11

Figueres [-said]: Whether or not Canada is a party to the Kyoto Protocol, it has a legal obligation under the (U.N. framework on climate change) convention to reduce its emissions, and a moral obligation to itself and future generations to lead in the global effort,

alertnet 14-DEC-11

Figueres [-said]: This is highly significant because the Kyoto Protocol's accounting rules, mechanisms and markets [will] all remain in action as effective tools to leverage global climate action and as models to inform future agreements,

africafiles 14-DEC-11

Richard Black [wrote:]: That Canada would withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol has been the worst-kept recent secret in climate change politics. On taking office in 2007, Stephen Harper's government found their predecessors, for all their green rhetoric, had done little to cut Canada's emissions.

ibtimes 14-DEC-11

Figueres [-said]: Whether or not Canada is a party to the Kyoto Protocol, it has a legal obligation under the convention to reduce its emissions, and a moral obligation to itself and future generations to lead in the global effort,

TorontoStar 14-DEC-11

Hedegaard [-said]: As of today, the agreement is within reach on the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol -- the only existing legal regime -- roadmap for negotiations and the future regime that would be global and legally binding,

irishsun 09-DEC-11

Hedegaard [-added]: Europe is ready to deliver. Our legislation is built on Kyoto Protocol. We have a 20% target by 2020. And we are ready to go to 30%, provided others are also ambitious. But Europe only accounts for 11% of the global emissions.

newsday 08-DEC-11

Dilma Rousseff [said:]: We really would like COP 17 to approve the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. That's Brazil's position. We consider this essential.

xinhuanet_en 08-DEC-11

Nnimmo Bassey [ said]: Rich countries must hear loud and clear that Africa won't pay for their crisis. Developed countries are trying to kill the Kyoto Protocol. They want to turn back the clock to 1997 and shift responsibility for the climate crisis they created onto the developing countries already bearing the brunt of climate change. Anything less than strong legally-binding emissions reductions for developed countries under a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol must be understood for what it is - a mandate to burn

allafrica 08-DEC-11

Hedegaard [added:]: The Convention and the Kyoto Protocol continue to be the foundation of our regime.

newsday 08-DEC-11

Steiner [-said]: The Kyoto principles should not be lost, whether you call it a second commitment period, an extension or whatever is agreed, as long as it keeps the Kyoto Protocol alive, it would be good,

chinadaily 07-DEC-11

Nnimmo Bassey [ said]: Rich countries must hear loud and clear that Africa won’t pay for their crisis. Developed countries are trying to kill the Kyoto Protocol. They want to turn back the clock to 1997 and shift responsibility for the climate crisis they created onto the developing countries already bearing the brunt of climate change. Anything less than strong legally-binding emissions reductions for developed countries under a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol must be understood for what it is – a mandate to b

reliefWeb 07-DEC-11

Rousseff [-said]: We really would like COP17 to approve the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. That's Brazil's position. We consider this essential,

xinhuanet_en 07-DEC-11

Hedegaard [-added]: (But) Europe believes that the world has had a lot of time to think. What we need is not more thinking. What we need is more action. We would lament if this conference was remembered only for discussions and delay. Europe is ready to deliver. Our legislation is built on Kyoto Protocol. We have a 20% target by 2020. And we are ready to go to 30%, provided others are also ambitious. But Europe only accounts for 11% of the global emissions.

allafrica 07-DEC-11

Hedegaard [added:]: The Convention and the Kyoto Protocol continue to be the foundation of our regime. We understand others are ready and yet others are not. Even if others are not, we are ready to make a second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol. Now!

allafrica 07-DEC-11

Zuma [-said]: The first period of the Kyoto Protocol is about to come to an end. The question left unanswered is the second commitment period. It is clear that if this question is not resolved, the outcome on other matters will become extremely difficult,

allafrica 06-DEC-11

Dlamini Zuma [-noted]: It is important therefore to, amongst others, conclude deliberations with an agreement on the second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol,

7thspace 05-DEC-11

Hedegaard [ said]: You would not be able to find one European country that is not in favour of a road map. All our own legislation is built on these principles — Kyoto Protocol principles,

businessday 05-DEC-11

Christiana Figueres [ said]: There is a realisation that the Kyoto Protocol is definitely critical and that the second commitment period is critical to the success of Durban, but that it is not sufficient,

euronews 03-DEC-11

Figueres [-said]: As you know, the issue of the Kyoto Protocol is a very crucial issue and central for Durban and discussions are taking place,

7thspace 02-DEC-11

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane [ warned]: If this decision (on the Kyoto Protocol) is not resolved, the outcome of other issues in the negotiations will be extremely difficult,

trust 28-NOV-11

Figueres [-said]: Governments have come to Durban understanding the importance of the Kyoto Protocol I therefore strongly believe that there will be an effort to move into a 2nd commitment period,

7thspace 28-NOV-11

Artur Runge-Metzger [ said]: Countries are running away from the Kyoto Protocol,

japantoday 28-NOV-11

Merkel [said:]: We are in an extremely difficult situation where the Kyoto Protocol expires, we have not got far, and an extension of the protocol will unfortunately not happen in Durban.

RTERadio 23-NOV-11

Jo Leinen [ said]: We must boost climate diplomacy to get the critical mass needed to bridge the gap between the expiration date of Kyoto Protocol I by the end of 2012 and the signature of the new protocol. All our energies should be focused on trying to gain support from emerging countries and from the US to progress on the way to a comprehensive legally binding agreement to be achieved by 2015,

euractiv 17-NOV-11

Hedegaard [-said]: We will insist (in Durban) that without binding commitments there can be no successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012,

eubusiness 05-NOV-11

Xie Zhenhua [ said]: There must be a Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol,

chinadaily 02-NOV-11

Zuma [-said]: This means finding a resolution to the issue of the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol and agreeing on the legal nature of a future climate change system.

iol 31-OCT-11

Stern [-admitted]: The Kyoto Protocol is one of the toughest if not the toughest part of the negotiations,

euractiv 20-SEP-11

Tymoshenko [said:]: I think that they won't combine these cases [the gas case and the case on funds received under the Kyoto Protocol] so that the trial continues until parliamentary elections.

kyivpost 25-JUN-11

Figueres [said that:]: resolving the future of the Kyoto Protocol is an essential task this year and will require high-level political guidance.

peopledaily 18-JUN-11

Figueres [-told]: Resolving the future of the Kyoto Protocol is an essential task this year and will require high-level political guidance,

AP 17-JUN-11

Christiana Figueres [ said]: There is a growing realisation that resolving the future of the Kyoto Protocol is an essential task this year and will require high-level political guidance,

news 17-JUN-11

Medvedev [-previously said]: We have not fully used the funds that we are entitled to under the Kyoto Protocol.

rian 09-JUN-11

Christiana Figueres [ said]: Even if they were able to agree on a legal text [...] that requires an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, it requires legislative ratifications on the part of three-quarters of the parties, so we would assume that there's no time to do that between Durban and the end of 2012,

euractiv 07-JUN-11

Christiana Figueres [ said]: Discussions in Bangkok under the Kyoto Protocol importantly included not only a focus on what should happen with regard to the future of the protocol but also how it will happen,

un 08-APR-11

Kaberuka [-said]: African countries have got specific problems, and we've not benefitted as much from the mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol,

allafrica 19-MAR-11

Kaberuka [-said]: African countries have got specific problems, and we’ve not benefitted as much from the mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol,

ipsnews 18-MAR-11

Figueres [-said]: Pakistan currently does not have any legally binding obligation under the (framework) convention or under the Kyoto Protocol. Pakistan has participated on voluntary basis,

khaleejtimes 08-FEB-11

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