EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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Question
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They believe climate change is a hoax
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They believed it was unfair because LICs/NEEs didn’t have to reduce emissions
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The Paris Climate Agreement replaced it
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They didn’t feel the agreement went far enough in reducing global warming
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Detailed explanation-1: -U.S. History with the Protocol The Senate also balked at the agreement because it excluded certain developing countries, including India and China, from having to comply with new emissions standards. Bush administration Similar objections to the Kyoto Protocol were why the Bush administration refused to sign.
Detailed explanation-2: -Japan, New Zealand, and Russia had participated in Kyoto’s first-round but did not take on new targets in the second commitment period. Other developed countries without second-round targets were Canada (which withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol in 2012) and the United States (which did not ratify).
Detailed explanation-3: -Bush’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Kyoto Protocol received blowback from environmental groups as well as vocal criticism from then-German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
Detailed explanation-4: -The US signed the document in 1998, but Congress failed to ratify the agreement, which meant the US never officially signed on to the pact. Despite its shortcomings, the Kyoto Protocol did lay the groundwork for the Paris Agreement, which many find to be more inclusive and potentially more effective.