8/3/2019 Infographic: Kyoto's future

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SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; QMI AGENCYSources: AFP, NOAA, REUTERS, PNUE; RECHERCHE ET INFOGRAPHIE:IDEFR

What is Kyotos future?More than 190 countries are meeting in Durban, South Africa, for the UN summit on climate change.

The EU and others are pushing for a compromise deal that could see the Kyoto Protocol extended for a short period before being replaced or comple-mented by a broader agreement in 2015. However, many observers are increasingly skeptical that a deal can be brokered. Further tensions emerged thisweek following reports that Canada is planning to pull the plug on its current Kyoto commitments when the Durban summit wraps on Dec. 9.

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U.S.A.5,195.0

Canada520.7

Britain465.8

Russia1,532.6

China6,877.2

S. Korea515.5

Germany750.2

Iran533.2

India1,585.8

Japan1,092.9

Top 10 CO2emitting countries

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China42%58%

HOTTEST YEARS ON RECORD

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This year is set to be the hottest in which there has been acooling La Nina pattern and the 10th warmest since recordsbegan. The World Meteorological Organization says that the13 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1997,

thanks to human activity.

1The first five years of commitment to the Kyoto Protocol will end in late 2012.Kyoto, which was adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005, commits mostdeveloped states to binding emissions targets. The talks are the last chance toset another round of targets before the first commitment period ends in 2012.Several industrialized countries (Japan, Russia and Canada) oppose newcommitments without the participation of two major emitters: China and theUnited States.

EXTEND KYOTO

3In Copenhagen, in 2009, industrialized countries committed to raising$100 billion per year by 2020 for poorer countries. It still remains to be discussedhow the funds will be distributed. The United States and Saudi Arabia haveobjected to some aspects of the fund's design.

GREEN FUND FINANCING

4The debt crisis hitting the euro zone and the United States makes it unlikely those areas

will provide more aid or impose new measures that could hurt their growth prospects.

DEBT CRISIS

2The European Union hopes that the Durban Conference will lay the foundation for aroadmap to move towards a binding global framework that could be signed in 2015,and come into force in 2020.

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