The issue of whether or not Australia should adopt the Kyoto Protocol and limit its greenhouse gas emissions to 108% of its 1990 levels has been widely debated in our community. It is an important issue because it concerns the emission of an excess amount of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, due to anthropogenic activities. These gases have contributed to the effects of global warming by retaining a surplus amount of the sun's radiation in the …showed first 75 words of 1359 total…

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