Japan, Russia Under Pressure to Renew Climate Vows, De Boer Says

Bloomberg: Japan, Russia and Canada face "significant pressure" to extend carbon-reduction pledges, and their refusal would jeopardize the Kyoto Protocol, the UN's former climate chief Yvo De Boer said. The three nations, which agreed to legally binding cuts in greenhouse gases under the 1997 accord, have indicated they won't sign up for extended obligations after their initial commitments end this. They did agree at last year's climate talks to work toward a new deal that would take effect in 2020 and include...

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