The group made the proposal amid mounting frustration over negotiations for the Copenhagen climate change conference in December, which will thrash out a sequel to the Kyoto agreement.

该联盟是在哥本哈根气候变化会议协商屡遭挫败的情况下，提出这项建议的。 这项建议将解决京都议定书所带来的问题。

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Kyoto, they point out, was saved from collapse at the eleventh hour, while the Bali talks in 2007 were rescued when US opposition wilted in the pressure cooker of the conference chamber.

他们指出，京都在最后一刻才免于崩溃，2007年巴厘岛态度强硬的美国最终在会议大厅的“高压锅”里妥协。

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The December 2009 conference in Copenhagen that was supposed to finalise a new treaty to replace the expiring Kyoto protocol ended in deadlock.

2009年12月的哥本哈根会议原本被期望能制定新的条约来代替即将过期的《京都议定书》，但是却在僵局中结束了。

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The United Nations called the conference to replace a nineteen ninety-seven agreement, the Kyoto Protocol.

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The United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen is intended to create the framework to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.

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The Copenhagen conference was to come up with a binding agreement to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which mandated emissions cuts, but was not signed by some of the world's biggest polluters, including the United States.

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For the sessions and press conferences, journalists must register at the venue (Kyoto International Conference Center).

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"All parties but one -- the United States -- declared themselves very strongly in favor of the Kyoto Protocol, " said conference chair Jan Pronk, who serves as the environmental minister of the Netherlands.

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At the recent conference on climate change in Kyoto, rich countries agreed to cut their emissions of carbon dioxide by 2010.

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