Australia prepares to ratify kyoto protocol

You have full access to this article via your institution. Download PDF Kevin Rudd, Australia's new prime minister, has wasted little time in getting to work on an election pledge to

ratify the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse-gas emissions. Rudd led the Labor party to victory in Saturday's election. The next day, he reiterated his promise to ratify the protocol by

Christmas. Ousted leader John Howard refused to ratify Kyoto during his 11-year tenure. Kevin Rudd, Australia's new prime minister. Credit: T. BLACKWOOD/AFP/GETTY Rudd also confirmed

that he plans to head Australia's delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali next week. John Connor, chief executive of the Climate Institute of Australia in

Sydney, says the country's changed stance is already causing ripples. ?It will be a huge boost to the Bali negotiations to have one of the blockers change into a real supporter,? he

says. Australia is currently on track to meet its generous Kyoto target of an 8% increase over 1990 emissions by 2012. RELATED LINKS RELATED LINKS RELATED LINKS IN NATURE RESEARCH Climate

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