New concerns on livestock emissions

talks and negotiations to work out what this political framework might look like. One significant point of disagreement between rich and poor countries that emerged at Barcelona was the question of whether or not to keep the Kyoto protocol. Russia took sides with most of the developed countries by calling for Kyoto to be dropped when it expires in 2012 and to be replaced by a different treaty. The G77 group of developing countries, chaired by Sudan, said it would block all attempts to kill the Kyoto protocol, as it “is the only instrument we have for developed countries to take the lead in cutting their increasing emissions,” said Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim, the head of the Sudanese delegation.