the united states has also indicated that while it will not join a kyoto protocol second commitment period, the unfccc negotiations should aspire to reach a legally binding agreement.
in 1997, the u.n. framework convention on climate change passed the kyoto protocol with the goal of limiting greenhouse-gas concentrations in the atmosphere.
senators react badly to the sense that their country is being pushed around by foreigners—as their pre-emptive rejection of the kyoto protocol showed.
参议员对他们的国家被外国人摆布的感觉做出恶劣的反应——就如他们先发制人的拒绝京都议定书那样。
in particular, the market for the sort of offset sanctioned by the kyoto protocol will dry up, as buyers wait to see what the future holds.
特别的,由于购买者将持续观望,等待未来情况明朗,京都议定书所确定的那种有补偿制度的市场将失去作用。
commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions under an updated kyoto protocol are unlikely to come to fruition in 2011 given this week's disagreements in bangkok.
the unfccc and its kyoto protocol should serve as the main channel for international negotiations and cooperation on climate change, with other initiatives and mechanisms as useful supplements.
the negotiating histories of both the framework convention and kyoto protocol demonstrate general agreement on the need to mitigate climate change while allowing for continued economic growth.
the poznan negotiations aim to set the stage for a new global treaty of climate change to succeed the kyoto protocol to be agreed in copenhagen at a meeting this time next year.