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2/14/05

PRESENTATION AT SLU ON 'KYOTO PROTOCOL'

CANTON – St. Lawrence University Assistant Professor of Environmental 
Studies Jon Rosales will lead a presentation, with students, on 
the topic "The Kyoto Protocol Comes Into Force: So What?" on 
Wednesday, February 16, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium (Room 218) of 
Hepburn Hall. The event is open to the public, free of charge.
	In 1997, more than 160 nations met in Kyoto, Japan, to 
negotiate binding limitations on greenhouse gases for the developed 
nations, pursuant to the objectives of the Framework Convention on 
Climate Change of 1992. The outcome of the meeting was the Kyoto 
Protocol, in which the developed nations agreed to limit their 
greenhouse gas emissions, relative to the levels emitted in 1990. 
The United States agreed to reduce emissions from 1990 levels 
by 7 percent during the period 2008 to 2012.
	Rosales and students in his Climate Change Policy and 
Advocacy class are noting the significance of the date, February 
16, 2005, as the day the Kyoto Protocol comes into force. The 
class attended the 10th Conference of Parties (COP 10) to the 
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos 
Aires, Argentina, in December of 2004. At the presentation, Rosales 
will talk about the Kyoto Protocol process and students will report 
on their experiences and observations.

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