Before returning to the talks they said developed nations are trying to sideline the Kyoto Protocol - a legally binding deal that set reduction targets for 2012.

他们在重返谈判之前说，发达国家在试图将京都议定书抛在一边。

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Before returning to the talks they said developed nations are trying to sideline the Kyoto Protocol a legally binding deal that set reduction targets for 2012.

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The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), signed in 1991,expired in December, and President Obama set the goal of achieving a new treaty as one of his major priorities.

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The Alberta government website says the province is the first jurisdiction to set mandatory reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions.

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By 2020 the country aims to emit 40% less greenhouse gas than it did in 1990, exceeding the ambitious 30% reduction set by the European Union.

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But he said that the US would not be in a position to meet the European Union demands to set a carbon reduction target of between 25 and 40% by 2020.

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