International agenda on climate change: what are the prospects for a new treaty?

... discussions for Russia and concludes by exploring prospects for a new UN agreement as well as climate mitigation efforts beyond the UN. Carbon budget and planetary limits As a result of limited participation, the Kyoto Protocol currently covers only 13% of global emissions which is deeply inadequate for solving the problem of global climate change. Global emissions of greenhouse gases are rising every year, and the link between these and rising temperatures ...