In the talks leading up to the Kyoto conference, he has headed the crucial negotiating subgroup dealing with targets and timetables for emissions reductions.

Even so, the Kyoto conference will add extra pressure.

EcoSecurities was created in January 1997, 12 months before the Kyoto conference.

Meanwhile, several small-scale but higher-level meetings will be held between now and Dec. 1, when the Kyoto conference begins.

No wonder the Clinton administration has been debating whether it should even send Al Gore to the Kyoto conference.

The most obvious difference was its focus on the Kyoto Protocol, as the Kyoto conference was in the process of being finalised.

The Kyoto conference aims to set binding limits on heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide that may contribute to global warming.

We must take more account of the guidelines produced at the Kyoto environmental conference.

Mr President, the Kyoto conference on our future climate is, in my opinion, an extremely important event.

Enron officials later expressed elation at the results of the Kyoto conference.