Kyoto Conference on Global Warming Prevention
(December 10, 1997)
December 10, 1997, Kyoto, Japan - U.S. congressional observers to the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COP 3), hold a news conference in Kyoto, western Japan. They are, from right: John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and Henry Waxman. At the COP 3, developing countries agreed to specific targets for cutting their emission of greenhouse gases while industriallized countries agreed to commit to an overall reeuction of emission to 5.2% below 1990 levels for the period 2008-2012. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-