Kyoto successor looks bleak at Bonn climate talks

Source: Deutsche World It is unclear, as yet, what will happen when the first commitment period of the sole treaty setting out legally binding emissions targets expires at the end of 2012.

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The plan was to come up with a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, but with Russia, Japan and Canada all saying they will not sign up to a new round of cuts unless emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil get on board, that is not looking very likely. The US, which has always refused to ratify Kyoto, is one of a number of countries which favors an approach based upon voluntary commitment.