If the country failed to do so , Kent said taxpayers would have to give $ 14 billion to other countries `` with no impact on emissions or the environment . '' Canada pulls out of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change . Comment: Says new deal agreed in Durban is `` the way forward '' Russia , Japan may also announce formal intention to leave .
Canada pulls out of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change . Comment: Says new deal agreed in Durban is `` the way forward '' Russia , Japan may also announce formal intention to leave .