Turkey to sign Kyoto protocol
Saturday, May 31, 2008
ANKARA – Turkish Daily News
Turkey began mobilizing Friday to sign the Kyoto protocol, a U.N.-endorsed international agreement to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming.
“I have sent a letter to the Foreign Ministry saying joining and approving the protocol is appropriate. This decision will first go to the government. Mr. prime minister will evaluate this and then will send it to Parliament,” Environment Minister Veysel Eroğlu said at a conference Friday.
Turkey previously rejected signing the protocol, arguing the country needed the opportunity to first complete its industrial development. The protocol binds 37 developed nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-2012.
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