A new approach to making climate treaties work
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 06:00
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —Why can't global leaders agree on a broad, effective climate change pact? More than 20 years after they began, international negotiations based on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have resulted in only one legally binding treaty. That agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, has not been ratified by the United States, historically the world's largest carbon emitter.