This Issue Brief explores the United States' position on developing countries in climate protection efforts. Over the long term, most countries, including developing ones, will need to do more to rein in their greenhouse gas emissions. To get the ball rolling in the near term, however, the report concludes that climate protection will require the initial leadership of a few countries that bear historical responsibility for the problem and that have considerable capability to act. Such leadership would create the conditions for a dialogue among all countries on the timing, conditions, and circumstances for more formal involvement of key developing countries.

July 2001 / 12 pages

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