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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9426)	2/8/2007 3:33:43 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 36917

Don't they teach truthiness in Egypt? UK to ‘double’ Kyoto goal Thursday 01 February 2007 The UK remains on course to achieve its emissions targets under the Kyoto Protocol, according to figures released this week by Defra. The final figures for 2005 show that greenhouse gas emissions were 15.3% below 1990 baseline levels, and 18.8% below when the effects of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) are taken into account. The figures exceed the Kyoto target of a 12.5% reduction by the end of the decade. “With emissions trading, we will almost double our Kyoto target, with an estimated 23.6% reduction by 2010,” said Environment Secretary David Miliband, announcing the statistics. greenconsumerguide.com ================= Results to date Below is a list of the change in GHG emissions from 1990 to 2004 for some countries that are part of the Climate Change Convention as reported by the United Nations.[68] Country Change in GHG Emissions (1990-2004) EU Assigned Objective for 2012 Treaty Obligation 2008-2012 Germany -17% -21% -8% Canada +27% N/A -6% Spain +49% +15% -8% United States +16% N/A N/A France -0.8% 0% -8% Greece +27% +25% -8% Ireland +23% +13% -8% Japan +6.5% N/A -6% United Kingdom -14% -12.5% -8% Portugal +41% +27% -8% EU-15 -0.8% N/A -8% Comparing total greenhouse gas emissions in 2004 to 1990 levels, the US emissions were up by 16%,[69] with irregular fluctuations from one year to another but a general trend to increase.[70] At the same time, the EU group of 23 (EU-23) Nations had reduced their emissions by 5%.[71] In addition, the EU-15 group of nations (a large subset of EU-23) reduced their emissions by 0.8% between 1990 and 2004, while emission rose 2.5% from 1999 to 2004. Part of the increases for some of the European Union countries are still inline with the treaty, being part of the cluster of countries implementation (see objectives in the list above). en.wikipedia.org