Column 2- Countries are beginning to show their negotiating hand for the Kyoto Conference. Column 2 shows what they are proposing for the Kyoto protocol as regards reducing 1990 levels of CO2 emissions. Countries proposing reductions by 2005 scored green. Nations aiming for a significant reduction from 1990 levels only by the year 2010 scored yellow, while those that have not yet presented any clear proposals for reductions have scored red.

So far, only Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands have scored green. WWF will be making every effort to ensure that nations currently scoring yellow or red become green, and we will regularly publish the results of our efforts as we continue on the road to Kyoto throughout 1997.