During the Plenary Meeting, he complimented the U.S. by saying to Dobriansky, "You have played a constructive role and these are no empty words."
Attractive
The Dutch Minister of the Environment judges the Agreement as being attractive to the United States.
Pronk says that any steps to cut the emission of greenhouse gases at home will be financially advantageous to the U.S.
In addition, in Bonn, the original demand that industrialised countries have to produce at least half of the emission reductions within their own country, had been dropped.
Attractive
The Dutch Minister of the Environment judges the Agreement as being attractive to the United States.
Pronk says that any steps to cut the emission of greenhouse gases at home will be financially advantageous to the U.S.
In addition, in Bonn, the original demand that industrialised countries have to produce at least half of the emission reductions within their own country, had been dropped.
Now a developed country may invest extensively in other countries to cut emissions there and deduct the result from their own obligations.
Pronk, therefore, does not exclude that the Americans might reconsider.
Dobriansky herself has paved the way for this, when she promised, in Bonn, that at the next Climate Conference, in November in Morocco, she will present new ideas.
So, who decided? That's clear.What was the decision?
Some major issues were at stake in Bonn. For instance: legally binding rules for Parties to the Protocol, after ratification; the counting of land use, land
Pronk, therefore, does not exclude that the Americans might reconsider.
Dobriansky herself has paved the way for this, when she promised, in Bonn, that at the next Climate Conference, in November in Morocco, she will present new ideas.
So, who decided? That's clear.What was the decision?
Some major issues were at stake in Bonn. For instance: legally binding rules for Parties to the Protocol, after ratification; the counting of land use, land
use change and forestation as credits in reducing a country’s emissions; the problem of Clean Development Mechanisms.
That is to say: is an industrial country allowed to do as much as it wants, in another country, particularly in developing countries, to reduce emissions and to use these as credits for their own national emissions?
O.K.
In the early morning of Monday July 23, the ministers reached an agreement on all these and other problematic issues - so it seemed.It seemed so, not in the Plenary Meeting, but later in the week.
That is to say: is an industrial country allowed to do as much as it wants, in another country, particularly in developing countries, to reduce emissions and to use these as credits for their own national emissions?
O.K.
In the early morning of Monday July 23, the ministers reached an agreement on all these and other problematic issues - so it seemed.It seemed so, not in the Plenary Meeting, but later in the week.