This might be hard to believe, but yes, it’s true — the Kyoto Protocol (KP) rules are still on the agenda. After 2 years of negotiations battles around the so-called “special terms”, Ukraine forced Parties in Lima to make an exception allowing them to keep their reduction target by 2020. A target that means double growth, and being able to use the assigned amount units (AAUs) from the first commitment period in the second. ECO thought that this would become a thing of the past, but unfortunately we were wrong. This Bonn session has instead seen Belarus and Kazakhstan prevent … Continue reading Has Kyoto become a cherry picking game?