developing nations want the kyoto protocol to continue. >> the continuation of the kyoto protocol is the cornerstone of our efforts in erasing climate change. >> reporter: european delegates have said they can setheir targets on the kyoto protocol even after 2012. but they would have to agree to a new deal. they are insisting the legally-binding framework include all major emitters to be launched as early as 2020. the head of chinese delegations suggested on monday that they might join a new framework after 2020. meanwhile, japan's environment minister also made a new proposal. he called for an agreement on a new deal as early as possible even before 2020. >> translator: the important thing is that we create a framework under which all countries are committed to take action. >> reporter: he will make a speech about his proposal on wednesday. he will try to seek support for his idea through talks with major players. any proposal that does away with the kyoto protocol will be a hard sell for developing nations. it's still not clear how this new japanese approach will affect negotiation

> the ticking clock on climate change, negotiators rushed to draft a framework to replace the kyoto protocol, but they are far apart. welcome to "newsline" from tokyo. the ministerial meeting is under way at the clichlate change conference in durban south africa. it is shifting to an attempt to create a frail work to replace the kyoto protocol. >> translator: the people of japan continue to be positive about tackling climate change and contributing to global actions. >> in the second day of the ministerial meeting, they stressed that the match will not change the japanese efforts to deal with global warming. but he also said that japan will not commit itself to the kyoto protocol after it expires in 2012. instead he proposed setting up a new framework as soon as possible. from developing nations, they responded to the speech by saying that japan needs to be part of the kyoto system. >> right now we need extension of the kyoto protocol for developing countries that don't have enough time. >> it's very important for the protocol. i think that it will have a deal about the climate change. >> th

then from the nation. >> right now we need extension of kyoto protocol for developing countries. they don't have enough time. >> it's very important to sign the protocol. without the protocol, i think that it will be difficult to have a deal bringing about change. >> reporter: calls for continuing the protocol are stronger than ever. it's about how to continue. the european union has already said that it will commit to targets under the kyoto system even after 2012 if a new framework can be developed for launch by 2020 with the participation of other contributeors. >> we are actually still ready to commit to a second commitment period even when countries like japan, russia, and canada have said they are not. >> reporter: but while the e.u. wants to agree on when and what kind of framework will depress the protocol, others like china and the united states are reluctant to discuss any future system. time is running up. ministers have started informal talks in a bid to open up more honest discussion and get compromise. negotiations will certainly continue until the very last moment o

what comes after the kyoto protocol? ♪ >> german leaders are downplaying the latest threat by the ratings agency standard and poor's to strip germany of its top-notch credit rating. german chancellor angela merkel brushed off the news and said european leaders would make decisions later this week to restore confidence in the eu. >> the standard and poor's 11 step further today put the credit worthiness of the ems neff of negative watch. in the u.s., treasury secretary timothy geithner says the world is watching eurozone leaders but says he does see progress. >> the u.s. treasury secretary had positive words for europe. at the finance ministry in berlin, timothy geithner expressed optimism over the course eurozone leaders are taking with the debt crisis. >> i am very encouraged by the developments in europe of the past few weeks, including the reform commitments made by the new governments of italy, spain, and greece, and the new steps we have heard this week about progress towards a fiscal compact for the eurozone. this,

. >> can that is the first country to withdraw from the kyoto protocol. as u.s. soldiers go home from iraq, barack obama says that they are leaving with dignity and with their heads held high. >> it is 2:00 in the morning here in london. broadcasting around the world, welcome to newsday. >> hello, and welcome. the united nations human rights chief says that she believes more than 5000 people have been killed in syria in anti- government protests. more than 5000 have gone to other countries since the demonstrations began. >> based on the evidence and the widespread nature of the killings and the detention, and the torture, i felt that this constituted crimes against humanity. and i recommended these should be referred to the international criminal court. >> it was the most horrible weekend we have had in the security council. she has cataloged more than 5000 people killed, the situation is deteriorating with the military buildup, hundreds -- tens of thousands of the tensions, torture, abuse is across the system by the syrian regime. >> jonathan has been monitoring

. >> let's go back to the kyoto protocol. very significant nations, canada, japan, russia, to name just three, they have said they will not renew their kyoto vows. why is that particular point so important to developing nations like india? >> under the climate talks, the only legally binding instrument that the world has for reducing emissions is the kyoto protocol. that protocol and actually does not end in 2012. what to developing countries are asking is that that legal instrument must continue. under the cancun agreement, what the world has is a review system, not a legal instrument. if we get rid of the only legal instrument that has a legally binding commitment for all, it will become difficult in the future. so the kyoto protocol continuation is important, also to keep the difference in the developing countries. that is why they are insisting that kyoto must continue. >> do you think this basically comes down to a lifestyle? it is about as king in individual not to drive their car, not to buy the latest plasma tv. is it

the eu is prepared to continue with the protocol -- the kyoto protocol beyond 2012. even the entire reduction targets, but only if other big e mentors that are not bound by the kyoto protocol as of right now -- emitters that are not bound by the kyoto protocol as of right now also agreed to reduce their emissions, not immediately, but within a reasonable time frame and ia legally-binding manner. has made it quite clear eyou a aico. the well, throu wh ng. i do note tomorrow secon, e stt malt go iste a ma-- nerar and steo make itn 51 e eabsh ea odengr s eupeanar in 1982, it became the european union. leaders sne a treaty authorizing the introduction of a commt. years later, euro coins and bisenin circulation in 12 countries, the eurozone. it became more cumbersome -- as th eucontinued to expand, it became more cumbersome. it allowed some decisions be made by mory, included requiring met -- requiring support. voters in fnce and the netherlands rejected the first official draft version.a wateres adopted in 2007, the treaty of sb. >> this treaty is for the future to make

canada has confirmed that they are pulling out of the kyoto protocol. >> it does not cover the world's largest emitters', the united states and china, and therefore cannot work. it is now clear that kyoto is not the path forward to a global solution to climate change. if anything, it is an impediment. >> canada signed the agreement under its former liberal government, which had urged its government to cut emissions by 6% before 2012. they were way off target by 2009. in the climate change talks, canada's conservative government came under heavy criticism for its opposition for kyoto. the canadian green party accused them of misleading the summit. >> striking a blow one day after you get back, arguably they negotiated in bad faith, not telling countries what it had already decided. we functioned as a kyoto party and weekend agreements there. -- weakened agreements there. >> tar sands, in the west of the country, could guarantee the country's future for decades, but it creates huge amounts of greenhouse gases. canada remains committed to the path forward that they set out, but that the d

kyoto with conditions. if it came from that position, it would face a strong backlash from developing nations. with that in mind, the protocol will most likely be extended. japan has expressed its intention to diffuse any obligations to cut emissions even if kyoto continues. if that happens, it will face international scrutiny regarding how it plans to help combat global climate change in the future. >> now, this conference is almost over, but at this point, what can we say about the outcome of the climate change conference? >> reporter: well, i first covered the climate change conference four years ago. since then, japan and other developing countries have been aiming to launch a new legal framework that includes china and the united states, the two biggest co2 emitters in the world, but there is no prospect of that to happen yet. what china has indicated for the first time, the possibility of joining a new framework after 2020. but it hasn't said how far it is willing to go on obligations to curb emissions. the united states has been insisting china be a part of the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but its

kyoto with conditions. if it came from that position, it would face a strong backlash from developing nations. with that in mind, the protocol will most likely be extended. japan has expressed its intention to diffuse any obligations to cut emissions even if kyoto continues. if that happens, it will face international scrutiny regarding how it plans to help combat global climate change in the future. >> now, this conference is almost over, but at this point, what can we say about the outcome of the climate change conference? >> reporter: well, i first covered the climate change conference four years ago. since then, japan and other developing countries have been aiming to launch a new legal framework that includes china and the united states, the two biggest co2 emitters in the world, but there is no prospect of that to happen yet. what china has indicated for the first time, the possibility of joining a new framework after 2020. but it hasn't said how far it is willing to go on obligations to curb emissions. the united states has been insisting china be a part of the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but its

the eu is prepared to continue with the protocol -- the kyoto protocol beyond 2012. even the entire reduction targets, but only if other big e mentors that are not bound by the kyoto protocol as of right now -- emitters that are not bound by the kyoto protocol as of right now also agreed to reduce their emissions, not immediately, but within a reasonable time frame and in a legally-binding manner. the eu has made it quite clear they would rather accept no deal than a false or rotten compromise. maybe playing hardball has already shown some results. brazil and south africa, two heavy polluters, have decided to get on board with the eu position. china still has not done so. if china decides to jump, then we definitely have an agreement by tomorrow. if they do not, then, well, we will have to see if the you is really going through with their tough stance, with plain -- the eu is really going through with their tough stance, with playing hardball. this cards will go to the wee hours of the morning. i do not think we'll have a -- at this conference will go to the wee hour

canada has pulled out of the one nine hundred ninety seven anti global warming kyoto protocol saying the treaty is not working the departure comes a day after further climate talks in south africa lead to a new agreement which is set to replace kyoto by twenty fifteen was try and make some sense of this with peter lilley he's a british conservative m.p. and former cabinet minister joining me live now in london well france says canada's decision to leave is bad news for the fight against climate change but kind of the claims of protocol is not the way forward would you agree with kind of the stance i would. typical of members of parliament of my country as yet the mood is changing over here to there is. a feeling in canada which. the. commitments are not really achieving very much as far as the future climate is concerned but are beginning to cost a lot and hurt a lot. canada may be forward indicator of what other countries will think and feel in future why aren't those measures working surely is there not enough evidence to suggest that if we do reduce carbon emissions and of course r

canada pulls out of the anti global warming kyoto protocol saying the treaty is not working we have live comment on that a little later here on r.t. . but first russia's foreign minister has accused the west of turning a blind eye to armed opposition groups in syria which aim to destabilize the situation there and create further calls for foreign intervention so he can evolve his repeated his belief that a one sided approach to resolving the country's crisis is wrong and want both sides to hold dialogue to broker peace not even to spin off as more foreign minister lavrov slammed the west for what it says is a one sided approach by some western states to the situation in syria he says that instead of looking for ways to bring peace to the country more pressure is being applied on the syrian authorities while the atrocities committed by some of the problem western groups within the syrian opposition are being ignored and these groups use hostile and aggressive tactics which only rock the boat and worsen the crisis even further. our partners who are calling on us to be decisive don't want t

on what would replace kyoto when it expires next year. >> there had been clear signs that this was coming, but now canada has confirmed it is pulling out of the key of a protocol. >> it is not covered the world two largest emitter is, the u.s. and china, and therefore cannot work. it is not clear that kyoto is not the path forward for a global solution to climate change. if anything, it is an impediment. >> we adopt this text. >> canada signed the agreement under its former liberal government which applies the country to cut emissions to 6% below 1990 levels by 2012. by 2009, they were still way off target. some 17% above their 1990 levels. at the un's climate change talks, canada's conservative government came under heavy criticism for its opposition to extending geoduck, later described the deal as the past. the green party accused the priority of misleading the summit in south africa. >> striking a blow the day after you get back, having it is canada arguably negotiated in bad faith. we function as though we were kyoto party. we weakened agreements in canada. >> canada's position is related to its vast deposits of tar sands in the west of the country. to gu

but tough negotiations are expected because there's growing pressure to extend the kyoto protocol. >>> a major trade fair of state of the art solar cells and ecofriendly technologies is underway in tokyo. >> reporter: more than 200 companies from around the world are taking part in the event. they are displaying latest models such as a product that can be used in place. solar cells come in various shapes and sizes to suit different needs. some generate power using lenses. they are more efficient than others. then there are some that are extremely light and can be bent. >> translator: japanese makers have been accumulating a lot of know how and other things in the domestic market. we can offer a total package in this area, and that's where our strength lies. >> reporter: solar firms in japan could soon see an increase in domestic demand. a new reusable energy law takes effect next july. it will require utilities to have sources such as solar and wind produced by household and businesses. the government will start the process. the new law is expected to boost solar energy generation by

. >> reporter: delegates are still divided over when to launch a new framework after the kyoto protocoles next year. kyoto requires only industrialized countries to reduce emissions. major emitters, including china and the united states are not obliged to make carbon cuts. south africa's ministers of cooperation is chair ing these talks. she nominated for five meetings on different themes on thursday to the final day of talks. >> there is very little time left. your creativity in finding compromise, finding common ground and finding solutions must be intensified. >> reporter: the european union has indicated it will accept an extension of the kyoto protocol if a new framework that includes china and other major emitters is launched by 2020. small states are largely in favor of the eu proposal. they feel climate change would cost them the most. the united states is opposed to it. with less than 48 hours before this meeting wraps up, divisions are still deep. it is unclear whether delegates will be able to walk away with any agreement of substance. susumu kojima, nhk world, durban, south

announces it is pulling out from the kyoto protocol. and scientists say they have narrowed the search for the missing link in modern physics known as the god particle. ♪ >> belgian police are trying to figure out how convicted criminal managed to gain access to grenades and firearms that left dozens of people injured and four deadnter of the city of liege. officials say the assault was carried out by a man with drugs and illegal weapons convictions. the 33-year-old began his attack at a central shopping area. >> as the evening wore on, the downtown area remain closed off amid a massive police presence. belgian royal's couple arrived to get a glimpse of the crime scene. the horror began shortly after noon as a man sprayed gunfire throughout the crowded square. pedestrians fled in panic. a local resident recorded these images. >> i was in the center of town. all of a sudden, i saw a man pulled out a kalashnikov. he started shooting people with it. there were grenades that exploded. the bus shelters exploded. it was general panic. >> two y

a lot of people equate the kyoto protocol with the only way to get that to happen. in the and, a lot of what international law can do with respect to the environment is created for a more countries can create norms about what we must do and should do, and we must act aggressively on climate change. but whether it is the right venue for requiring regulations on those countries is another question entirely. >> we have learned if we don't have regulations, things did not change and people did not bring down regulations -- cannot bring down emissions. >> right, and they too have countries and limit domestic policies that do something. the agenda was not originally supposed to be focused on this question of a road map to 2020. a lot of the questions were implementing the agreements that were made in cancun. those are, how we leverage $100 billion per year of multilateral aid to go to the least developed countries in the emerging economy to help them adapt to climate change and help them implement new ed lower carbon technology? >> in some areas you are suggesting progres

kind of a has pulled out of the one nine hundred ninety seven global warming kyoto protocol becoming the first nation to reject. with japan and russia the country said last year it would not accept new kyoto commitments because the treaty won't help to solve the world's climate crisis the departure comes a day after a further climate talks in south africa lead to a new agreement which is set to replace the kyoto protocol by two thousand and fifteen. or the recovery of our top stories with me rory sushi just moments away that's after the business with kareena. thanks rory hello and welcome to a business update this hour there's been progress in the gas dispute between russia and ukraine but gazprom says a deal will not be done by the end of the year media reports in kiev say the sides have not come to a draft agreement on forming new joint ventures this would effectively guarantee russian access to the ukrainian gas transport network in return for a cut price gas supplies jenna bush has long. on the face of it this is a success for all sides so supply transit to ukraine and european ga

child was pulled to safety canada has pulled out of the ninety ninety seven ninety global warming kyoto protocol saying the treaty is not working for the party comes a day after further climate talks in south africa led to a new agreement which is set to replace kyoto by twenty fifteen is called when the founder of the weather action foundation supports kind of deserts it and here's why . i don't believe in manmade climate change because there is no evidence for it in fact carbon dioxide is control boy world temperatures rather than the other way around so frankly i'm glad that. canada left the kyoto protocol process and i hope it heralds the collapse of the whole thing climate change is going on and the key aspects of the big very extreme events happen in the last eighteen months were predicted boy asked whether actually using solar activity carbon dioxide has zero effect on repeat zero effect no effect whatsoever it is a complete waste of time it's a waste of public money it's a gravy train for so-called saw and looking into things which don't exist and of course for governments to impose taxa

canada has pulled out of the nine hundred ninety seven global warming kyoto protocol becoming the first nation to reject the accord formally along with japan and russia the country said last year it would not accept new kyoto commitments because the treaty won't help to solve the world's climate crisis the departure comes a day after further climate talks in south africa lead to a new agreement which is set to replace the kyoto protocol by two thousand and fifteen. and more news coming your way in just about ten or twelve minutes time for an author of the business and career. hello and welcome to our business update this hour with a colleague and i like and good to have you with me the gas dispute between russia and ukraine looks set to be resolved just as when two arrived there were porson can't say the sides have come to a draft agreement on forming new joint ventures this would effectively gallantly that russia access to gas transport network in return for cut price gas supplies let's get some analysts analysis from my dental bushell at the business desk hi danielle so what does what

canada's environmental minister peter kent announced that his country will be withdrawing from the kyoto protocol which expires next year formally ending the country's effort at a global approach to combating climate change it's now clear that kyoto is not the path forward for a global solution to climate change if anything it's an impediment. now according to several course this was for all was a long time coming especially since prime minister stephen harper's conservative government never braced the agreement signed by the previous administration but under the protocol signed in one thousand nine hundred seven canada was obligated to cut their emissions to six percent below nine hundred ninety levels our emissions were actually seventeen percent higher than the one nine hundred ninety levels by the year two thousand and nine now when ten ounce can this withdrawal he cited several reasons one of which is the price tag for meeting those target emissions levels he explained it would cost the country thirteen point six billion dollars because that's how much can they would have to spend on carbon

when thirty seven nations committed themselves to the only binding climate agreement to date kyoto protocol and december twenty two of that agreement is going to expire so beginning this monday representatives from one hundred ninety five countries began gathering in south africa for the two week german climate change conference and yes they did also gather and coo last year with just very little results copenhagen before that with even fewer results so could this conference with time running out for an extension or a completely new and binding global agreement be any different at issue here is not only where the money's going to come from to help developing countries and how the rules have be applied but perhaps not importantly if anybody actually wants to play by any rules u.s. never ratified kyoto and is apprehensive through agreeing to a new set of regulations because they're saying that there are any regulations or rules drawn up yet russia canada japan and possibly australia they don't want a second agreement and they back ideas for voluntary targets and pleasures pleasures and the wo

climate talk necessary south africa have added five more years to the kyoto protocol. a new treaty would force all major polluters to targets to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 2020. that would include china and india. a major demand of the obama administration. the u.s. has yet to ratify the kyoto agreement. >>> some 1300 pounds of munitions were exploded in libya sunday. it's part of an effort to make sure unsecured weapons from that country's civil war don't fall into the wrong hands. >>> former dictator manuel noriega will serve out three 20-year sentences a prison for slaying political opponents in the 1980s. >>> japan successfully launched a spy satellite into orbit this morning. officials are being tight lipped about its capabilities, but it's part of an intelligence gathering network developed after concerns over north korea's missile program. >>> and a 35-year-old truckdriver is lucky to be alive after his gas tanker burst into a massive fireball at a filling station in australia. the driver was hospitalized with burns to his arms and legs. the cause is being

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canadian environment minister has announced that his country will formally withdraw from the kyoto protocoln climate change. mr. kent said that the treaty agreed in 1997 was in the past. kyodo is a legally binding agreement -- kyoto is a legally binding agreement. prime minister david cameron went to parliament to defend his refusal to sign on to a treaty with the eu last week. he says he was acting in england's best interest. >> david cameron as the counting down the days to the christmas break. his decision to veto the new eu treaty classic has left and with the painful reminder of the tensions within his own coalition. there were talks of west play. but to david cameron was adamant he had no choice in brussels because it calls for extra safeguards for the financial sector was heated by heather countries. >> i wish the it -- by other countries. >> i wish there were proper safeguards. the right answer was no treaty. >> he went home to argue that britain was still very much a part of europe. >> it is impossible to be able committed an influential member of the european union with the arrang

that's not surprising. >> doesn't this show some weakness, in the kyoto protocol. >> it's reaching its stage. that might be a good thing. it might enable us to move on to what may be a more productive set of treaties or agreements that can again see these technologies implemented in a more real way. >> suarez: nathan hultman, samuel thernstrom, thank you both. >> thank >> brown: finally tonight: europe's new fiscal deal, minus one major player, with financial and political reverberations. today's stock sell-off was widespread and it came after markets had a weekend to ponder friday's agreement at the european union crisis summit. investors and traders turned thumbs down on a deal to stave off future debt crises. it would bolster the european bailout fund and force governments to submit budgets for central review. british prime minister david cameron was the only member of the 27-nation e.u. to reject the pact. >> i went to brussels with one objective: to protect britain's national interest. and that is what i did. >> brown: cameron took to the floor of the house of commons today to def

among the decisions they did make, e degates exteed the 1997 kyoto protocol, set to expire at the end2012, for five years. called for a new binding accord to be created and ready to be implemented by 2020. and set up a green climate fund. it would use public and private money to help developing nations combat the impacts of climate change. here to discuss what came out of durban and the future of global climate talks are nathan hultman, director of environmental policy for the school of public policy at the university of maryland. he is also a fellow at the brookings institution and was in durban for the conference. and samuel thernstrom, senior climate policy advisor for the clean air task force, a non- profit group dedicated to reducing air pollution through private sector collaboration. he was a former member of the white house council on environmental quality during the george w. bush administration. well, nathan hultman, did the delegates head back to their planes in durban to held home feeling that they had accomplished something significant? >> i think they felt like they accom

the kyoto protocol runs out at the end of 2012. only the e.u. and a few others are prepared to stick with it, but they only released 15% of the world's emissions. a new global treaty may not come until 2020 or even later. this afternoon, protesters tried to disrupt the conference, accusing negotiaters of stalling. but jostling with the police will do nothing to budge the biggest economy. china, india, and america, all worries that a climate treaty could restrain growth. and that's the reality. >> to make the case for a really robust and ambitious agreement. can be supported by many developing countries. unless china and india and the u.s. are onboard, we're not going to have a global solution. >> near the conference center, a new solar power station, many companies and countries are turning to green energy. but not having an international treaty makes that harder, and the talks up the road are struggling tonight. they'll run into the weekend and no one can predict the outcome. david shookman, "bbc news." >> for most of his life, harji has lived

greenhouse gases they could also be used to generate up to one million carbon credits under the kyoto protocol. the first to be placed in check of another one. and then. they plan to have thirty plans. for. the end of the year is always a good time to reflect on what we've done in the past twelve months as well as what we hope to accomplish in the next and for some that's easier than most like those that recently took part in the fourth russian innovation convention. the digital. brought together the nation's top innovators highlighting the latest ideas from russia entrepreneurs was attended by some of the biggest names in innovation from all over the world plenty of presentations and demonstrations the most important part of the gathering for. the coveted prize more than eight hundred. thirty took part in the competition but in the end only eight could walk away with something in hand and one of those alexander was recognized by the judging committee. thank you very much. so with that in mind we decided to pay the innovator a visit and see what he's been working on first we checked out his pr

precondition, which is that other big polluters like china, brazil, india, which are not bound by the kyoto protocol right now, agreed to a road map which would lead to the legally binding agreement that could take effect no later than 2020, so i think there is a good chance that at least that minimal consensus could be reached. >> we thank you very much. turning now to some golfing news, it was a bad day for germany. he had a poor opening round at the dubai world championship, and he now has no chance of renewing the european top ranking that he held in 2010. the top-ranked player in 2011 could now well be northern ireland's or -- rory mcelroy. if he wins the tournament, he could even unseat england's donald from the top position. "in the arena -- "in depth" coming up next. do not go away. >> a woman with a vision -- development of women as economic drivers. she produces high-quality seeds for farmers. she began small, convinced the bank would give her a loan. >> we have to get trucks, so i think we are proof to the bank that a woman can be equally competitive. >> give women opportunity. it is not