arbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride reductions may be based on 1990 or 1995 amounts.
- Developed nations that go beyond their mandatory reductions will eventually be entitled to sell their additional emissions= cuts to other developed nations.
- A Clean Development Mechanism will be established to facilitate the transfer of funds and clean technology to developing countries.
- Developing countries are exempt from any legally binding commitments.
- Greenhouse gas reduction targets will be calculated after taking into account the absorbent properties of afforestation and reforestation.
An earlier treaty in 1987 bound signatories to reduce and eventually stop their consumption of CFCs, which deplete the ozone layer (Everybody=s Atmosphere, 1992). The treaty set up a fund to help developing countries adopt replacements for CFCs if they cost more than what is being replaced, and called for the exchange of technologies to further this goal. Since most companies which produce CFCs also produce at least one of the chemicals being used as a
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