Belarus to examine Doha climate change decision

        Belarus will conduct a legal analysis of the decision passed at the Doha climate change conference, Yuri Yaroshevich, Deputy Head of the Central Office for Multilateral Democracy, Head of the Office for Economic Cooperation and Sustainable Development of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, told a press conference. Belarus planned to take part in the second Kyoto Protocol period; however the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC took an unexpected turn. “Our analysis has revealed that the decision adopted in Doha will not allow Belarus to trade in quotas within the framework of the “Kyoto-2” deal, because we and a number of partner states will not have these quotas,” Yuri Yaroshevich said. In line with the new rules, signatories to the Kyoto Protocol will not be able to increase greenhouse gas emissions, which is unacceptable for Belarus. 
       He informed that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection and the partner states that supported Belarus in Doha are examining the decisions adopted at the conference to find out whether these decisions comply with the format and whether they were adopted by consensus.