Should Canada Have Withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol?
Canada Is the Only Country to Repudiate the Kyoto Accord. Kent Argued That Since Canada Could Not Meet Targets, It Needed to Avoid the $14 Billion in Penalties...
Canada is the only country to repudiate the Kyoto Accord. Kent argued that since Canada could not meet targets, it needed to avoid the $14 billion in penalties for not achieving its goals. This decision drew a widespread international response. Finally, the cost of compliance has been estimated 20 times lower.
Why did Canada pull out of participation in the Kyoto agreement in 2006?
The Canadian environment minister, Peter Kent, said Canada was invoking its legal right to withdraw. Kyoto did not represent the way forward for Canada or the world, he said. ... "The Kyoto protocol does not cover the world's largest two emitters, the United States and China, and therefore cannot work," Kent said.
Why is the Kyoto Protocol bad?
Another criticism is that the Kyoto Protocol focuses too much on carbon emissions and doesn't address other pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which either do direct harm to human health and/or can be addressed using technology.
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