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In the three decades since the Rio Summit created the UNFCC, global climate policy has seen a hodge-podge of accords, mandates and protocols. That has produced another hodge-podge of national aspirations, but little in the way of concerted, co-ordinated efforts to reduce emissions.
The Kyoto Protocol is fundamentally flawed and unfair, and it wouldseriously harm the U.S. economy. Even if it comes fully into force,it will not achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gases globally.