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【正文】 a 7 per cent cut from 1990 levels by 2008～2112， the European Union 8 per cent and Japan 6 per cent.The conference accepted scientific evidence that heating of the Earth39。s surface by gases trapped in the atmosphere causes more and fiercer storms, expanding deserts, melting polar ice and raising sea levels which threaten to submerge low lying islandsand some island states, such as the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.The United States wants developing countries brought under the emission control umbrella and the treaty still faces a major hurdle in its passage in Washington through a potentially hostile Republican Congress.US Vice President Al Gore called the Kyoto agreement a vital turning point， but echoed the EU39。s Environment Minister Ritt Bjerregaard that more still needed to be done. This is not good enough for the future...we would like the parties to be more ambitious, Bjerregaard said.Indonesia39。s Environment Minister Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said it was up to the developed countries to provide the leadership to guarantee Earth39。s future.The Kyoto conference would at least provide a greater awareness of environmental problems, particularly as it took place in an El Nino year.But there is always a time lag between awareness and action, and I think that the time lag can be very long...he said.He also condemned Western criticism of the environmental and conservation policies of developing countries, saying market forces were responsible for many of the problems.Basically, we are facing problems with the present contemporary civilization with its consumption and production attitude....The market is not friendly to the environment ,and we are part of the market. It is too big a problem for us to handle ...so they want to have their cake and eat it.They want to have their market and they want to have us perform as guardians of the world39。s environment without them having anything to do with it.The Kyoto conference also pitted big business against campaigners for the environmentalthough major insurance organizations did offer support to the greens.CIFOR39。s Sayer told reporters that a major development in the last two or three years was the emergence of major multinational corporations in the global timber industry.This is not necessarily a bad thing because those panies also have the resources to practice sustainable forestry if they are motivated to do so.
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