Copenhagen, December 10, 2009
Notwithstanding statements the preceding afternoon by US special envoy Todd Stern that the United States would not become part of a Kyoto-like Protocol, Yvo de Boer today voiced his support for continuing the protocol.
“Yes I think the Kyoto Protocol will survive and the Kyoto protocol must survive, for a number of reasons.”
The first reason cited here was the extensive amount of time needed to move from drafting a protocol to actual implementation.