Byrd-Hagel Resolution
The Byrd-Hagel resolution was passed by the United States Senate on July 25, 1997 with 95 votes to 0. In it is explained that the United States no international agreement to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases will agree in the
- In addition to the industrialized countries , the developing countries are not included, and that
- would cause significant economic damage to the US .
The name goes back to the Senators Robert Byrd ( D - WV ) and Chuck Hagel ( R - NE ) who were significantly involved in the drafting .
The decision was taken in the run-up to the 1997 World Climate Summit in Kyoto , at which the industrialized countries committed themselves to common goals in December 1997 that were intended to curb anthropogenic climate change . In 2001, under George W. Bush, the USA refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Byrd-Hagel Resolution ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the National Center for Public Policy Research (last accessed January 11, 2014)
- ↑ Dennis Tänzler, Alexander Carius: Perspektiven einer transatlantischen Klimappolitik, in: Politik und Zeitgeschichte (B 27/2003), July 1, 2003, on the website of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (last accessed on January 11, 2014)
