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Russian upper house ratifies Kyoto Protocol

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's upper house of parliament Oct. 27 ratified the Kyoto Protocol and sent it to President Vladimir Putin for the final stamp of approval that would bring the global climate pact into force early next year.

The Federation Council voted 139-1 with one abstention to endorse the protocol, which aims to stem global warming by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. The quick vote came four days after the lower house ratified the treaty.

Without Russia's support, the pact - which has been rejected by the United States and Australia - cannot come into effect. It needs ratification by 55 industrialized nations accounting for at least 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 1990.

The United States alone accounted for 36 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in 1990.

"Without Russia's participation, the world community's efforts for many years to establish a global mechanism for solving environmental problems would be doomed to failure," Mikhail Margelov, the Kremlin-linked chief of the council's foreign affairs committee, told lawmakers.

Putin pledged in May to speed up ratification in return for the European Union's support of Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization, and he's expected to sign it quickly. The 1997 pact would take effect 90 days after Russia notifies the United Nations of its ratification.

Margelov told the chamber that ratification would give Russia leverage in its sometimes prickly relations with the EU.

"By ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, Russia in fact is strengthening its international authority and becoming an ecological leader," Vladimir Grachev, chairman of the Duma's ecology committee, told the chamber before the vote.

Shukan ST: Nov. 5, 2004

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World News Russian upper house ratifies Kyoto Protocol MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's upper house of parliament Oct. 27 ratified the Kyoto Protocol and sent it to President Vladimir Putin for the final stamp of approval that would bring the global climate pact into force early next year. The Federation Council voted 139-1 with one abstention to endorse the protocol, which aims to stem global warming by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. The quick vote came four days after the lower house ratified the treaty. Without Russia's support, the pact - which has been rejected by the United States and Australia - cannot come into effect. It needs ratification by 55 industrialized nations accounting for at least 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 1990. The United States alone accounted for 36 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in 1990. "Without Russia's participation, the world community's efforts for many years to establish a global mechanism for solving environmental problems would be doomed to failure," Mikhail Margelov, the Kremlin-linked chief of the council's foreign affairs committee, told lawmakers. Putin pledged in May to speed up ratification in return for the European Union's support of Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization, and he's expected to sign it quickly. The 1997 pact would take effect 90 days after Russia notifies the United Nations of its ratification. Margelov told the chamber that ratification would give Russia leverage in its sometimes prickly relations with the EU. "By ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, Russia in fact is strengthening its international authority and becoming an ecological leader," Vladimir Grachev, chairman of the Duma's ecology committee, told the chamber before the vote. Shukan ST: Nov. 5, 2004 (C) All rights reserved