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辯論及展望:京都協定失敗了嗎?

Debates and Perspectives Is Kyoto Dead?

 

作者 Leonie Haimson01.17.00

  京都議定書在起草前即陷入爭議,從那時起,兩年內,傾軋未曾停息。在1997年12月,超過160國簽署該協定,目標是控制溫室效應氣體排放(據信造成全球暖化)。該協定呼籲工業化國家在2010年前把它們的排放量降為比1990年的水平再平均減少5%,但至今,很少(如果有的話)政府實施有效方法以達成這個目標。

  美國當今全球最大排放國,也是最嚴重的遲緩者之一。雖然柯林頓政府宣稱是該協定的熱切支持者,它所面對的參議院卻強硬反對批准該協定及實施政策以達成該協定的要求。

  在這裡及海外,艱鉅的政治及經濟障礙已使許多華盛頓圈內人認為京都協定永遠無法成功。在另一方面,問卷調查一再顯示美國人民強烈支持該協定的目標。

  在此,我們呈現國外關係評議會成員David Victor與自然資源保護評議會Dan Lashof對「京都協定死(失敗)了嗎?」這個問題的辯論。

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中英對照全文請見:http://news.ngo.org.tw/issue/climate/
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Leonie Haimson01.17.00

The Kyoto Protocol was mired in controversy before it was even drafted and the discord hasn't let up in the two years since. In December 1997, the treaty was signed by more than 160 nations with the aim of controlling the rise in greenhouse gas emissions believed to cause global warming. The agreement calls for industrialized countries to cut their emissions by an average of 5 percent from 1990 levels by 2010, but so far few if any governments have instituted effective measures to accomplish this.

The United States, by far the world's largest emitter, has also been one of the most serious laggards. Though the Clinton administration professes to be a fervent supporter of the treaty, it faces a Senate that is strongly opposed to ratification as well as to the implementation of policies to achieve the treaty's requirements.

The formidable political and economic obstacles here and abroad have caused many Washington insiders to argue that the Kyoto Protocol will never fly. On the other hand, poll after poll has shown the American people to be strong supporters of the treaty's goals.

Here we present a debate between David Victor, a fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, and Dan Lashof of the Natural Resources Defense Council on the question, "Is Kyoto Dead?" 

After you've read their arguments, weigh in and let us know which position you found more convincing and why -- send your response to  grist@gristmagazine.com


 
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