There is misinformation in many reports that the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 and talks for a new treaty must be launched in Bali. The reality is more complex.
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Victoria on a loser in Bali. The state’s huge reserves of brown coal. cannot be locked away, writes Ray Evans.
KEVIN Rudd will go to the Bali conference on Sunday and ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

Victorians should be concerned at this prospect, since the pressure on Australia from the European Union and from our local Greens to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide will increase.
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The good news on climate change is that the world wants to do something. It’s no longer just the Europeans and a few fellow travelers; a recent survey suggested that 96 percent of South Koreans and 66 percent of Ukrainians regard global warming as an important threat. The latest report from the Nobel-anointed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change got the blanket media coverage it warranted. In the United States, business and congressional leaders have decided action is inevitable.
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