Canada pulls out of the the end of 2012 The Kyoto Protocol on climate change . In Copenhagen in 2009 , countries agreed to work towards keeping the increase in global temperatures below two degrees Celsius to avoid dangerous levels of climate change . Claims financial costs of accord were too great . Says new deal agreed in Durban is `` the way forward '' Canada , Canada may also announce formal intention to leave .
Canada pulls out of the the end of 2012 The Kyoto Protocol on climate change . Claims financial costs of accord were too great . Says new deal agreed in Durban is `` the way forward '' Canada , Canada may also announce formal intention to leave .