date: Thu, 17 May 2001 20:53:27 +0200
from: "Ch. Koerner" <ch.koerner@unibas.ch>
to: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>, t.m.melvin@uea.ac.uk, jgrace@srv0.bio.ed.ac.uk, pertti.Hari@Helsinki.fi, frank.berninger@Helsinki.fi, enikinma@silvia.helsinki.fi, emilia@PORTHOS.BIO.UB.ES, cescatti@cealp.it, Ch.Koerner@unibas.ch, Stephan.Haettenschwiler@unibas.ch, borghetti@unibas.it, federico@imgpf.fi.cnr.it

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 President Bush recently announced that the United States Government will
 not honor its commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to reduce
 greenhouse gases. The United States produce 25% of the world's carbon
 dioxide, a gas that is believed to be the main contributor to global
 warming. And account for 4% of the world population.

 Rising global temperatures are known to raise sea levels, and change
 precipitation and other climate conditions. Changing climates alter
 forests,crop yields, and water supplies. It could also threaten human
 health,and harm birds, fish, and many types of ecosystems. An increase in
 weather-related disasters will occur, deserts may expand into existing
 rangelands, densely populated coastal areas will flood and large numbers of
 peoplewill have to move.

 Show you disagree with the Bush Administration's decision to
 withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on Global Warming. Urge President
 Bush to review his policy in this matter and devise a comprehensive plan
 to reduce US emissions of so-called greenhouse gases.

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 65. Christian Koerner, Basel, Switzerland
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Prof. Ch. Koerner
Institute of Botany
University of Basel
Schoenbeinstr. 6
CH-4056 Basel

Phone: +41-61-267 35 10  Fax: +41-61-267 35 04
e-mail: ch.koerner@unibas.ch

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