China, India, Brazil Say Kyoto Debate Threatens Climate Talks
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China, India and Brazil led developing nations in saying Japan’s refusal to help extend the Kyoto Protocol to curb greenhouse gas emissions may halt work on a global accord to combat global warming.
A total of 84 countries, including Japan, signed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, agreeing to limit fossil fuel emissions. Those limits expire in December 2012, and with no other agreement to replace Kyoto, delegates at the United Nation climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, say extending the pact is crucial.