Countries are pushing ahead with laws to tackle climate change,
despite "snail-paced" progress on a global deal to cut
emissions, it has been revealed. Almost all of the 33 developed
and developing countries surveyed in a new study had introduced
or progressed with significant climate-related legislation
within their own borders in the last year. In 2012, 18 of the
countries made significant progress, according to the report by
the Grantham Research Institute at LSE and Globe International,
which brings together legislators from different countries. Only
Canada had gone backwards on climate change, by repealing the
Act which implemented its targets under the Kyoto Protocol
treaty to cut global emissions. Despite a tough economic year
for many countries, such as those in the Eurozone, some progress
was made by developed nations. While the UK had not made
substantial progress in 2012, it has a raft of climate-related
legislation in place, including the flagship 2008 Climate Change
Act, and measures on energy ef