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Conflict about historic responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions
2013-02-22 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions should be allocated based on countries' historic responsibility for the emissions. This logic was recognized early on in climate negotiations. But the countries are still disputing how it should be interpreted and applied. When the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted in 1992, "historic responsibility" was established -- that is, the countries that release the most greenhouse gases also have a greater responsibility...
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