As a few of you are aware, the UNFCCC climate conference
is underway right now in Montreal (referred to at Legacy page 99)
This headline from CNN.com: China vows to cut greenhouse
gasses
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/11/30/climate.change.china.ap/index
.html
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"We really feel pity that the U.S. has not yet, and is not
going to join the Kyoto Protocol, not only because of the size of its total
emissions, but also because of its higher per capita emissions," Sun,
director of the Department of Treaty and Law at the Chinese Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
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Issues mentioned in this article are explained at pages
122-123 of Legacy.

It's exciting news, because it means that even though
China has a terrific pollution/emissions problem, they are conscious and are
interested in making changes.
Also it's exciting that this UNFCCC conference is the
first UNFCCC gathering since the Kyoto Protocol was ratified as
international law, so parts of this week's gathering represent the first
members-of-the-party (MOP) gathering, a historic moment.
Additionally, at this conference, delegations will begin
the design of the post-Kyoto agreements, after 2012, when the Kyoto treaty
expires.

JP
author of Legacy
A Story of Hope for a Time of Environmental Crisis
http://legacyla.net/