CRS: Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol, Bali "Action Plan,"and
International Actions, May 30, 2008 Wikileaks release: February
2, 2009 Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service
Title: Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol, Bali "Action
Plan,"and International Actions CRS report number: RL33826
Author(s): Susan R. Fletcher and Larry Parker, Resources,
Science, and Industry Division Date: May 30, 2008 - As of
November 2007, the UNFCCC Secretariat listed 174 nations and the
European Union as parties to the Kyoto Protocol. Australia
announced its ratification at the December meeting in Bali.
Annual meetings of the parties are to continue, using the Bali
"roadmap" agreed on in December 2007. Major challenges involve
finding agreement on the nature of legally binding commitments,
if any, that would prove acceptable to all major players:
current parties, developing countries that are major emitters,
and the United States.