Russia will not accept binding caps on its greenhouse gas emissions under a new climate regime, currently being negotiated to succeed the Kyoto Protocol after 2012, top officials said on Monday.
Kyoto puts a cap on the average, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 2008-12 for some 37 industrialized countries, including Russia.
But former communist countries are well […]

 
A seemingly constant source of international squabbles, the Kyoto Treaty is often name checked in the press whenever the environment is mentioned, yet what exactly is it?
And more importantly how will affect us? For this feature we will take a look at the origins and purpose of the Kyoto Treaty and what, if any, effect […]