Should Australia Sign the Kyoto Agreement?

The threat of global warming caused by the overuse of greenhouse gases and consequently the depletion of the ozone layer have caused for the introduction of the Kyoto Agreement, an agreement made by the governments of 55 developed nations at the United Nations Climate Change Convention in Japan 1997, to reduce worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 5% by the year 2012. For Australia to meet such regulations, the nation's greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 8%. …