Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol

Ackerman, David M.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Air pollution;    Treaties;    Global climate change;    International affairs;    Environmental protection;   

RP-ID  :  98-349
RP-ID  :  98-349_2001Jan10

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report addresses legal issues after the United States signed the Kyoto Protocol to the UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The protocol is not yet in effect internationally and cannot be legally binding on the U.S. unless and until the Senate gives its advice and consent.