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It criticised Canada for greenhouse-gas emissions that are surging “far above” the country’s obligations under the current United Nations climate treaty, the Kyoto Protocol. Canada’s mid- to long-term emissions targets were deemed “inadequate”, the assessment said, adding: “A plan to curb emissions was developed last year but has not been implemented. The Kyoto target will stay completely out of reach.”<\/p>\n

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Filling out the list of eight were Italy, ranked fourth, followed by Japan, Russia and the United States. Thanks to the climate policies initiated by president Barack Obama, the United States moved up a notch, from last place in 2008.<\/p>\n

\nDespite their rankings, the report said, the top three countries still are two-thirds short of what they could achieve.  <\/p>\n

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