Kyoto Protocol: A Collective Effort to Reducing Energy Consumption

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The growing concern of global warming has placed great emphasis on the greenhouse gases introduced to the atmosphere. Sample of the arctic ice records reveals that current level of carbon dioxide are " 23 per cent higher than at any time in at least 420,000 years" (David Suzuki Foundation, 2002). The response to this crisis is the Kyoto Protocol, a collective effort to reducing the human harm on the atmosphere, primarily focused on greenhouse gases. In the following will be the summary of two alternating approach towards the demands of the Kyoto protocol to reducing energy consumption by "more efficient or cleaner technologies, or through changes in the types of fuel consumed" (David Suzuki Foundation, 2002)

The first argument towards the Kyoto Protocol from Perrin Beatty, the president and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters. Taken from the notes for the Keynote luncheon address to STEP and the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce in 2002, the speech emphasis the economical cost towards the effort to fulling the demands of the Kyoto Protocol. It states that though greenhouse gas concentration is correlation to climate change globally, it is not a pollutant. With the emphasis on the economical contribution to the protocol, it concludes the cap on energy consumption makes no economical sense. "Kyoto protocol will have a negative impact on our economy" (Beatty P., 2002).

The executive insist on the success of the protocol lays in the new technology and innovation of Canadians, claiming investment on imported technology will be detrimental to the economy.

Contrarily, the David Suzuki Foundation issued a research article The Bottom Line on Kyoto ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF CANADIAN ACTION. This article places the emphasis of ...

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...g the demands of the Kyoto Protocol, but the enormous focus on the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming may leave other contributor unaddressed. It has been understood the affect of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could alter the climate, but issues such as deforestation has been shadowed by countries efforts to follow guidelines of the Kyoto Protocol. Though greenhouse gases are a global issues, other aspect towards environmental harm should be accounted as significant as the actions taken towards greenhouse gases.

Works Cited

Reilly J., Mayer M., & Harnisch J. (2002) The Kyoto Protocol and non-CO2 greenhouse gases and carbon sinks. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 7: 217–229

Beatty P.(2002 ) The Kyoto Crossroads: Where Do We Go From Here?

Tellus Institute, & MRG&Associates (2002)ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF CANADIAN ACTION, The Bottom Line

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