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U.S. Rejection of Kyoto Protocol Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 647 - 650
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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1 Dec. 10, 1997, 37 ILM 22 (1998); see Breidenich, Clare, Magraw, Daniel, Rowley, Anne, & Rubin, James W., The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 92 AJIL 315 (1998)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 May 9, 1992, 31 ILM 849 (1992).

3 See [UN Framework Convention on Climate Change] Kyoto Protocol: Status of Ratification, at <http://www.unfccc.de/resource/kpstats.pdf> (visited July 20, 2001).

4 See Drozdiak, William, Global Warming Talks Collapse, Wash. Post, Nov. 26, 2000, at A1.Google Scholar

5 Id.; Revkin, Andrew C., Treaty Talks Fail to Find Consensus in Global Warming, N.Y. Times, Nov. 26, 2000, §1, at 1 Google Scholar.

6 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on Frank E. Loy, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs and Head of the U.S. Delegation, Statement to the Sixth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 6) (Nov. 25, 2000), at <http://www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/2000/001125Joy_cop6.html>.

7 See Report of the Conference of the Parties on the First Part of Its Sixth Session, paras. 116, 122, UN Doc. FCCC/CP/2000Add.1 (2001).

8 Bush Campaign Press Release on “A Comprehensive National Energy Policy” (Sept. 29, 2000) (on file at GWU).

9 See Jehl, Douglas & Revkin, Andrew C., Bush, in Reversal, Won’t Seek Cut in Emissions of Carbon Dioxide, N.Y. Times, Mar. 14, 2001, at A1 Google Scholar.

10 See Goldstein, Amy & Pianin, Eric Revkin, Andrew C., Hill Pressure Fueled Bush’s Emissions Shift, Wash. Post, Mar. 15, 2001, at A1.Google Scholar

11 See Pianin, Eric, Whitman Has Some Industries Worried, Wash. Post, Mar. 2, 2001, at A13 Google Scholar; Pianin, Eric & Goldstein, Amy, Bush Drops a Call for Emissions Cuts, Wash. Post, Mar. 14, 2001, at A1 Google Scholar. In May 2001, the White House requested a scientific study from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on whether global warming was a serious problem. On June 6, an NAS panel reaffirmed the mainstream scientific view that the global atmosphere was warming due to human activity. See Seelye, Katharine Q., Panel Tells Bush Global Warming Is Getting Worse, N.Y. Times, June 7, 2001, at A1 Google Scholar. Nevertheless, President Bush maintained his opposition to the Kyoto Protocol. See Sanger, David E., Bush Will Continue to Oppose Kyoto Pact on Global Warming, N.Y. Times, June 12, 2001, at A1 Google Scholar.

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14 Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, Remarks to Resumed Sixth Conference of Parties (COP-6) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (July 23, 2001), at <http://www.state.gov/g/oes/climate/index.cfm?docid=4191>.