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      "title": "Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol",
      "summary": "On November 12, 1998, the United States signed the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations\nFramework Convention on Climate Change. The Protocol had been concluded a year earlier (on\nDecember 10, 1997) by delegates from 161 nations and sets binding targets for reduction of\nemissions of greenhouse gases by developed nations. It cannot be legally binding on the U.S. until\nit enters into effect internationally and the Senate gives its advice and consent. Nonetheless,\nsignature of a treaty does impose an obligation under international law to refrain from actions that\nwould undermine the Protocol's object and purpose. That obligation continues to apply until such\ntime as the signatory ratifies the Protocol or makes clear its intent not to do so. Signature alone does\nnot implement the Protocol, nor does it provide a legal basis for the provisional implementation of\nthe Protocol by the U.S.. Congress can, however, pursuant to its own constitutional authority, adopt\nmeasures which parallel or support the obligations of the Protocol. This report addresses each of\nthese legal issues and will be updated as events warrant.",
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      "title": "Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol",
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