Kawaguchi hints Japan will ratify Kyoto pact without U.S.

Kawaguchi hints Japan will ratify Kyoto pact without U.S.

MARRAKECH, Morocco - Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi addresses the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco on Nov. 7, 2001. She indicated that Japan will ratify the Kyoto Protocol on global warming without the United States if an agreement is made with other countries over mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other operational rules on the pact.

Kawaguchi vows Japan's best efforts to reach accord at COP7

Kawaguchi vows Japan's best efforts to reach accord at COP7

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi holds a news conference in Washington on Nov. 5 after briefing U.S. officials on Japan's position at the ongoing seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Morocco. Japanese government sources said Tokyo has decided to ratify the Kyoto Protocol even without U.S. participation if the COP7 hammers out an agreement.

Kawaguchi vows Japan's best efforts to reach accord at COP7

Kawaguchi vows Japan's best efforts to reach accord at COP7

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi holds a news conference in Washington on Nov. 5 after briefing U.S. officials on Japan's position at the ongoing seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Morocco. Japanese government sources said Tokyo has decided to ratify the Kyoto Protocol even without U.S. participation if the COP7 hammers out an agreement.

Kawaguchi hints Japan will ratify Kyoto pact without U.S.

Kawaguchi hints Japan will ratify Kyoto pact without U.S.

MARRAKECH, Morocco - Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi addresses the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco on Nov. 7, 2001. She indicated that Japan will ratify the Kyoto Protocol on global warming without the United States if an agreement is made with other countries over mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other operational rules on the pact.