Byrd–Hagel Resolution

The Byrd - Hagel Resolution was adopted on 25 July 1997 by the Senate of the United States with 95 votes to 0. In it is declared that the U.S. will not agree to any international agreement to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in the

The name goes back to the significantly concerned in the development Senators Robert Byrd (D -WV ) and Chuck Hagel (R -NE).

The decision was a response to the climate summit in 1997 in Kyoto, on the industrialized countries committed themselves to common goals, which should dampen the anthropogenic climate change. The U.S. has rejected in 2001 under George W. Bush, the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.