51.   Some companies have already begun to trade, anticipating that the emissions credits they buy now will count for them once their governments enforce emissions reductions.

52.   The amount was tied to the size of the emission reduction.

53.   The declaration was what Europeans, who have been at loggerheads with the United States over the level of emissions reductions, had wanted to hear.

54.   The plan calls for provisions to avoid actual emission reductions by growing trees that absorb carbon dioxide.

55.   Undeveloped nations favor strong action for emissions reduction by the richer countries, but do not want to be forced, themselves, to meet strict emission standards.

56.   World Bank and other officials involved in the project said Thursday it was the first time an international treaty on climate change was used to verify emissions reductions.

57.   Wirth also confirmed the United States was still looking to involve developing countries in emissions reductions, which they say they are not yet ready for.

58.   Major Third World states such as India, Brazil and China are refusing to accept emission reductions that they see as harmful to their economies.