Topic 3: Climate

The Petition and the Kyoto Protocol

in-class handout for case study (not available)

EPA factsheet: background on Kyoto Protocol

Justification for the petition--->

Union of Concerned Scientists facts on global warming

The Case Study and science links:

Case study

Links for the The Kyoto Protocol:

U.S. Pulls Out of Kyoto Protocol, Environment News Service, March 28, 2001
Kyoto Protocol text
Perspectives on the Kyoto Protocol---links to a number of articles evaluting the protocol
Austrialian Greenhouse Office review of the Kyoto Protocol
U.S. Department of Energy summary
EPA summary of Kyoto Protocol
National Council for Science and the Environment