Canada out, rest of the world in

UNFCCC executive director Christiana Figueres said the timing of Canada's move, a day after a deal to extend the protocol was clinched at a U.N. summit in South Africa, was surprising. "Whether or not Canada is a party to the Kyoto Protocol, it has a legal obligation under the (U.N. framework on climate change) convention to reduce its emissions, and a moral obligation to itself and future generations to lead in the global effort," Figueres said. Canada, a major energy producer which critics say is becoming a climate renegade, has long complained Kyoto is unworkable because it excludes so many significant emitters.