Many environmentalists are deeply unhappy about the situation.
The launch caused a stir. There is much resistance against plans to allow countries that cannot, or refuse to, meet their internationally agreed emission targets to buy emission credits from countries that can. The negotiations have not led to a narrowing of the loopholes. Under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that sets down principles and targets for trimming carbon-gas pollution, there is a provision that allows for the possibility that companies will be able to do this. However, there is no guarantee that The Hague climate change conference will reach agreement about the contents of the protocol.