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Originally posted by wonderwench
Considering that many European countries have not approved Kyoto, that's a bit of a stretch.
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Sorry to go back off-topic for this thread, but:
If you look at which countries in Europe have ratified Kyoto, you'll see:
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Norway
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Portugal
United Kingdom
If you check out the rates of acceptance, accession, and approval, you can add in even more. What's more important than the number of nations who sign / ratify is the percentage of emissions each country is responsible for, and whether or not the combined percentage is equal to or above 55% of total emissions. If smaller countries don't sign and also don't pollute (oversimplifying), their signing/ratification isn't much of a loss.
just not letting it go,
Kulrblind