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Chapter 9, Problem 52Q
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With the help of web research, the status of the Kyoto protocol and nations that signed this protocol. Also, determine the fraction of the greenhouse gas produced from the nations that signed the Kyoto protocol and name the nations that failed to sign the said protocol. Also, the effectiveness of the protocol is to be determined.
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