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Editorial
Nature 432, 131 (11 November 2004) | doi:10.1038/432131a; Published online 10 November 2004
Burning issues
Abstract
The Kyoto Protocol is just a small first step in restricting man's influence on climate. If we can't prevent fires in Indonesia, such international efforts to limit the effects of climate change could be in vain.
The engagement of society's upper echelons with the problems of climate change reached a peak last week, when Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied in Berlin by ministers from Britain and Germany, launched a bilateral collaboration of the two countries' climatologists, business and investment communities.While recognizing the newly energized Kyoto Protocol as a crucial first step in international collaboration, the meeting that followed focused on its limitations (see http://www.britischebotschaft.de/statevisit/en/press/climate_change_conference.htm
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