Canada Declares Kyoto Protocol History

Canada's environment Minister, Peter Kent, has declared that for his country the Kyoto Protocol ‘is in the past’, a position touching on the trigger issue at the climate talks here.

Kent confirmed that Canada would not back a new round of carbon-cutting pledges under Kyoto after the first series runs out at the end of 2012.

"We have long said we will not take on a second commitment under the Kyoto Protocol. We will not obstruct or discourage those that do, but Kyoto for Canada is in the past," he explained.

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