Negotiators at the onging climate talks in Doha are arguing over whether or not to allow countries to carry over their leftover carbon emissions credits into the next phase of the Kyoto Protocol. Already weakened by low participation, the second phase of the world’s only legally binding agreement on greenhouse gas emissions risks losing environmental integrity due to the leftover credits, say some negotiators. Many of the surplus credits are from former Soviet Union countries, where industry collapses resulted in much lower emissions than previous baseline numbers.
Opponents of the move, such Brazil’s top negotiator, say the credits do not represent real emissions cuts.
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